lifesaver; person who saved one's life
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
admiration; wonder; astonishment
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
weakening; emaciation; decline
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
trembling; getting nervous; excited; thrilled
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to cut corners; to be shoddy
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
willpower; energy; vitality
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
shivering; feeling chilly; shuddering (with fear); feeling creepy; thrilled; excited
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to give one's life; to lay down one's life