that is to say; so that means
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
forcibly; against one's will
probability; likelihood; chances
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to be torn off; to come off
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to mark the end; to spell the end
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
soon; shortly; before long; having no time to ...; with no time to ...
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
diet; losing weight by any method (e.g. exercise)
figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
heating power; thermal power; firepower
classification; categorization; sorting
not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
release; emission; ejection
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
to maintain; to continue to have
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind