to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
price; cost; value; worth; value
pup; puppy; whelp; damn dog; mutt
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
flash (of light); glint; schiller
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
composite; combined; complex
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
flight; desertion; escape
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to be in focus; to come into focus
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
surprise victory; upset; coup