do-or-die game; crucial contest
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
only one (person, thing); sole; highest; best; custom-made
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
offensive (movement); aggression
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
troublesome; annoying; complicated
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
to shut in; to confine (in); to seal in; to contain; to suppress; to restrain
to detain; to take into custody
to go back to square one; to make a fresh start; to be back where one started
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
to keep an eye on; to keep a watchful eye on
stifled (laughter); simmering