to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
essence; true nature; substance; reality
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
power; authority; jurisdiction
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
regret; repentance; remorse
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
feeling keenly; fully realizing
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to put on airs; to assume importance
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to do someone in; to bump someone off
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
Gouiran; Guillain; Guirand
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
unselfishness; wanting little
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
release; emission; ejection
day and night; around the clock; always; constantly
to attack; to assault; to assail
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles