preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
opening and shutting; opening and closing
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
to get change back; to be more than enough
to bore; to tire; to weary; to use lavishly (and without regret)
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
taking a straight look at something; looking someone in the eyes
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
to move forward; to move on
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to gaze (at); to stare intently (at); to look fixedly (at); to fascinate; to enchant; to possess
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
way of talking; manner of speaking
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
difficult to ...; hard to ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
casual speech; peer language; informal language
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
desire for revenge; vengeful thoughts
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create