firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to snap one's fingers; to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
suffocation; choking; asphyxia
dragon tree (Dracaena draco)
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
trainer (someone who works with sports athletes); sweatshirt
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
to writhe (in pain); to be in agony; to be anguished; to be agonized; to be troubled
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality