can be; can exist; can stay; cannot help but ...
wounded person; injured person
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
scaling; climbing; ascending
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
moment by moment; hour by hour
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to indicate; to show; to point to
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
to shout (in anger); to yell
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to squeeze out; to wring out
entreaty; supplication; petition
staying behind; remaining; residual
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
pair; the two; both persons; both things
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word