chance (of success); odds
whichever one chooses; either way
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
festival merrymaking; revelry
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited
to tingle with excitement; to be full of excitement; to be thrilled
the same kind; accomplice; partner
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
start of broadcast; commencement of transmission; sign-on
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
signs of defeat; negative turn of events
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to do for (the sake of someone else)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to jar; to creak; to grate
pillar of fire; blazing column
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
in proportion to; just as much as
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim