pale; pallid; bluish-white
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
with a start; with a jump
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
confusion; distraction; derangement
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to repeat; to do over again
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to be overcome with emotion
looking over someone's shoulder
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
settlement; solution; resolution
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
to press a question; to cross-examine
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
to shake one's head (in denial)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
confusion; dismay; consternation; panic
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
grunt; grumble; pimples; spots; cutting into small pieces; simmering
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"