gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
meow; miaow; cat; sexual intercourse; making out
to strike dead; to beat to death
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
trifle; insignificant thing; (only) this much
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
tigers and wolves; cruel and greedy brute
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
desperately; recklessly; rush headlong
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
manipulation of information; spin
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to feel at ease; to feel relaxed
(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
boasting; bragging; talking big
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
fate; chance; relationship; tie
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
talking in delirium; incoherent muttering
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
newcomer; initiate; rookie
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous