finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
visual confirmation; sighting
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
supply; provision; raising; procurement
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to flare up; to fly into a rage
paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
difficult to ...; hard to ...
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
if so; in that case; in that situation
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
battlefield; battleground
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially