one's physical safety; personal security
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
belief; faith; conviction
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent
source of information; intelligence source; message source
future; possible; potential; prospective
pin (e.g. hairpin, bowling pin, golf pin, etc.); one (on dice, in cards, etc.); beginning; best; kickback
but; however; provided that
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to torment; to harass; to tease
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
way; method; means; resource; course
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to challenge (a person) to a fight
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
to watch over; to watch attentively
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate