to compete; to vie; to make fight against another (person, animal); to pit against; to debate; to argue
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
suddenly (hit); with a slap; sharply (glance, glare, etc.); fiercely; suddenly; all of a sudden
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to blow through; to blow across
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to lose heart; to lose motivation
eighth (place, position, etc.); having eight eyes; having many eyes; (of a fabric) having a loose knit; lamprey; eight-holed arrow whistle
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to telephone; to make a phone call
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
distress; wretched condition
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
to think something is delicious; to think something is scrumptious
taste; palate; sense of taste
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
care; precaution; guarding; caution
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to go along; to walk along; to follow
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
speaking voice; talking voice
stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest