fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
death (and entering the hereafter)
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
as is habit; the way life normally is
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
honorific affix; honorific prefix
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to rush over; to run up to
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
reason; cause; history; origin
to be used up (e.g. one's savings); to dwindle away; to be wasted (time, effort, etc.)
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
to become distant; to recede
to rain incessantly; to downpour