dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
bathing (swimming) in cold water
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
settlement; solution; resolution
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
while; during (the time when)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
underground; subterranean
flour; meal; powder; dust
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to cover (smear, sprinkle) (with)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
now that; since; so long as; because
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
hey there; I say; see here
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
listen!; you see; mind you; remember