rare; uncommon; not often seen
source of river; fountainhead
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
fort; stronghold; fortification
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
series of battles; successive battles
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to turn against; to become an enemy
vice; immorality; corruption
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
disclosure; exposure; revelation
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
victim; injured party; sufferer
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
taking care of everything; no need to do anything
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to put to bed; to lay down lengthwise; to put a thing on its side; to set something aside unused; to let lie idle; to ferment
being dead drunk; drunken stupor
to get drunk; to become tipsy
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
(sense of) rivalry; competitiveness
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany