getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
to hurry; to rush; to quicken (of one's breath); to pant; to gasp (for air)
destination (one is heading towards); goal
to slide into; to slip into
one scoop (e.g. of ice cream); one scoopful; one spoonful (e.g. of soup); small ornamental spoon
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
unforgettable; impossible to forget; lucidly remember
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
main cause; primary factor
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
time; hour; season; suitable time; opportunity; chance
that is to say; so that means
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
covered in mud; mud-caked
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
sweet and sour; bittersweet (feeling)
to pour in (liquids); to pour in (money); to pump in (investment)
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
crying face; face of a person who is crying
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of