gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to subsist; to keep on living
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
right beside; close to; nearby
squint; cross-eyed; mistaken view
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence