rather; better; instead; if anything
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
small hill; low hill; hillock
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to overstep the mark; to go too far; to overdo it
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
plunging to one's death; death from a fall
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
jostling; milling about; crush; packed with (activities, products, etc.); teeming with; chock-full of
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
bank; weir; embankment; levee
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
(made of) stone; stone-built
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess