total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
production (e.g. play); direction
street; quarter; district; area
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to thrust down; to push off
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
to scrape off; to shave off
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
long military service; having experienced many battles
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
son of a bitch; piece of shit
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
to flare up; to burst into flames
to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
veil of darkness; curtain of night
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there