state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
surely; certainly; without doubt
to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel
outrageous lie; outright lie
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
three-second rule (food hygiene myth); three seconds rule (basketball)
firmly; plentifully; with all one's might
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
uncleanliness; dirtiness; (arch.) menses; (arch.) feces (faeces); bathroom
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
submersion; inundation; being flooded
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
finger flick to the forehead
value; worth; virtue; blessing
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
glad countenance; joyful look
father; dad; husband; you; he
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly