adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
mucus; mucilage; viscous liquid; phlegm
gleaming; shining; glistening
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
action; operation; effect; function
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to be smeared; to be covered
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
already; now; no longer; not any more
to have medicine be effective
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to become dim; to become blurred
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
end; close; finish; termination
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to take someone's life; to kill someone
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
to jump up and down; to hop
gar (any fish of family Lepisosteidae); garfish; garpike
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
proper; reasonable; right; appropriate
new face; newcomer; rookie; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty