distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
travelling alone; solitary journey
wandering (e.g. bird, exile, lifestyle); wandering alone in a strange country
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
(having) striking effects; (producing) dramatic results; of particular efficacy
to run about trying to escape
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
to misplace; to put in the wrong place; to make a mistake in deciding the winner
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to fight; to exchange blows
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
loss (of something); disadvantage; mistake; error; flaw; defect
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to drug (someone, food, drink)
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something