small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to chat enthusiastically; to chatter; to talk on and on
reproachful; hateful; bitter
putting into operation; invocation
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
losing one's fighting spirit; losing the will to fight; losing heart
to be the ruin of (a person)
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
even if not; even without
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
an inch ahead; the immediate future
dull sound; muffled sound
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
to claim victims; to leave casualties
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
calamity; misfortune; disaster
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned