low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
entreaty; supplication; petition
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
looking directly at; looking straight at; looking squarely at (e.g. a problem); facing (e.g. the truth); normal vision; emmetropia
to put on airs; to assume importance
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to boost; to force up; to push up
to tread on thin ice; to go out on a limb; to walk a tightrope; to take risks; (lit.) to cross a dangerous bridge
advance payment; money paid in advance
tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)
to state; to express; to mention
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
flash (of light); glint; schiller
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
trouble; bother; annoyance
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
enemy's strength or fighting power
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
(made of) stone; stone-built
old house; deserted house
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)