to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
detour; circumvention; turning movement
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
resignation; acceptance; consolation
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
turning sideways; landscape orientation
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
unfavorable conditions; unfavourable conditions
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to do together; to share; to participate in
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to straighten up; to sit upright
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits