bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
already; now; no longer; not any more
protruding eyes; number of pips visible after a throw of the dice
at a stroke; with a single swoop
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
thoughtlessness; indiscretion
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
prudence; discretion; thought
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
physical condition; state of health
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to go past; to pass; to pass by
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to pass (of time); to elapse
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to escape death; to be saved from death
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected