root; joint; base; crotch
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
(death from) starvation; starving to death
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
letting (someone) die without helping
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to win and advance to the next round
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
black sheep (of a family); ostracism
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
innermost depths of one's heart
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
settlement; solution; resolution
serious wound; serious injury
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
(not so) much; (not) very
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place