turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
(for) how many days; what day (of the month)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
common reed (Phragmites australis)
riverside; riverbank; edge of a river
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
several hundred; hundreds (of)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.); pricking (e.g. with a needle)
equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
infant; baby; little child
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
to freeze (in fear, surprise, etc.); to cower; to flinch; to shrink up; to shrink; to shrivel up
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
goosebumps; gooseflesh; goose pimples; rough skin; coarse skin
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
to intertwine; to become entangled; to get tangled (together); to become intertwined (of matters, interests, etc.); to become connected; to become linked
to begin (doing); to start (doing)