begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
nonchalant air; unruffled air
supple; flexible; elastic; graceful; elegant; refined
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
upper half of the body; upper body
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
royal fern (Osmunda japonica); flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern
(sound effect for) collapsing; losing strength; slumping; losing balance
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent
masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
to whine; to make feeble complaints
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
second; number two; runner-up
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to lose heart; to lose motivation
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them