rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
magician; conjurer; illusionist
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
beforehand; in advance; previously
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
sticky; gluey; gummy; stickiness; something sticky
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
trauma (usu. psychological)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
to shut in; to confine; to contain
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again