reliance; trust; faith; confidence
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to turn back; to go back; to repeat; to send back; to bring back; to retrace one's steps
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
how; in what way; how about
leopard (Panthera pardus)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; non-serious; minor; slight
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
harmless; innocuous; safe; benign
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
scene; view; prospect; outlook
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing