middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to subsist; to keep on living
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
cliff edge; edge of a precipice; perilous position; critical moment; brink
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
repentance; confession; penitence
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to throw oneself (e.g. off a cliff, etc.)
head over heels; headlong; head first
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
weightlessness; zero gravity
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
sound of the wind; voice of the wind
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness