water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
to strike; to attack; to punish
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
at a stroke; with a single swoop
quarrel; argument; row; (verbal) dispute
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to incur divine punishment; to pay for one's sins; you'll pay for that!; what goes around, comes around
jam-packed; packed in like sardines
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to backfire; to have a harmful result
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
sweeping conquest; sweeping over; conquering; invading
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
for some reason or other; somehow; whatsitsname; what-you-call-it; and so on; and you know the rest
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
great numbers; numerical superiority
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
outside of; not covered by
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
dull sound; muffled sound
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
sanity; consciousness; soberness
parallel universe; alternative reality; parallel world