slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
to turn aside adroitly; to dodge
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
to mix; to stir; to blend
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
although I say; although one might say; although called
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
at a disadvantage; in an unfavourable position; having poor prospects; standing little chance
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
protective instinct; defensive instinct
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
nonchalantly; without a care
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself