food; foodstuff; prey; victim
consequence; outcome; result; blame
(wearing only) a pair of underpants
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
third day of the month; three days
to cut corners; to be shoddy
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
at once; immediately; right now
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
absorption; suction; attraction
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)