painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
frizzy (hair); wiry; sizzling; frizzling; stingingly (of heat or cold); painfully
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
to stop walking; to pause
as expected; as predicted
sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
beyond that point; after that
river; stream; River; the ... river
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
along the river; riverside
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot
to lay down; to wear (a sword, etc.) at one's side
that is to say; so that means
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
being too late; losing one's final chance
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
(I) won't say anything no matter what; unwilling to tell even under threat
contradiction; inconsistency
to make a speech; to address
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze