desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
heart; guts; nerve; central part
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
surroundings; environs; circumference
terrain; geographical features; topography
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to think of; to come up with
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to stop walking; to pause
atmosphere; air; magnanimity; generosity
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to rock; to shake; to swing
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
reigning; controlling; dictating
strong person; the strong; the powerful
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
living thing; organism; creature; biology
self-consciousness; self-awareness