military force; force of arms; strength of an army
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
being afraid of; being fearful; being timid; trembling; shivering
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
phantom; vision; illusion
to subsist; to keep on living
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
chance (of success); odds
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to stare back at; to look back at
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
clatter; clank; rattling; capsule toy vending machine
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report