to have a narrow escape from death
working one's employees hard; being a slave-driver
attractive middle-aged man
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
destination; place one stays during a trip
to split; to be split; to splinter
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone
work style; way of working
sword skills; swordsmanship
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
all around; as far as the eye can see
dynamic lift; lifting power
(beating someone) hands down; with a single blow
value; worth; virtue; blessing
money-making; earning money
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
far away in the distance; in the far distance
degeneration; retrogression
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
having one misfortune after another; insult to injury
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to leave (a scene); to step away
imprisonment; incarceration
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out