state of emergency; emergency; crisis
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)
one day; (on) a certain day
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
foreign; abroad; overseas
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
origin; beginning; source; rise
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
everlastingness; eternity
colorless and transparent
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
reason for being; raison d'être
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
refutation; rebuttal; retort
even though it is not; despite not