exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
creeping; crawling; sneaking
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to live; to reside; to inhabit
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at
moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
danger; peril; hazard; risk
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
instant; moment; for an instant
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
if it is the case that ...
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...