retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial
covering; protection; backing; relief
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
all present; all concerned; all of us
all-out attack; general offensive
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
preservation; retainment; keeping
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
instead; but (on the other hand)
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
as many (people) as possible
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to become desperate; to give in to despair