guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
lightly; easily; carelessly
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
survival; survivor; relic
until now; so far; up to the present
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
tail (animal); tail end; tip
snake; serpent; large snake
counter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.
testimony; (verbal) evidence
in comparison to; rather than
not necessarily so; is not always true
still; as yet; as it has been
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
most part; greater part; majority