cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
revenge; making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time
physical condition; state of health
in the hospital; hospitalized
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
foreign; abroad; overseas
later on; eventually; afterwards
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
suitable person; well-qualified person; responsible party; responsible person
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands