gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
according to plan; as planned; on target
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
unmatched (unparalleled) accuracy
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
mesh-patterned; webbed; cancellous; cancellate; reticulate; reticulated
death and injury; being killed or injured
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
number of persons; personnel
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to leave (a scene); to step away
distant; remote; isolated
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
smelting furnace; blast furnace
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
(single) bean; pea; something very small; tiny speck
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse