- impressive; out of the ordinary
- mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line; nowhere to go
- waterway
- perilous; touch-and-go; nerve-racking; suspenseful
- to meet face-to-face
- to rename
- to counterattack; a counteroffensive
- to stop; to obstruct; to bar the way
- underwear
- spilt water is difficult to retrieve (idiom); it's no use crying over spilt milk; what's done is done and can't be reversed; the damage is done; once divorced, there's no reuniting
- (idiom) nervous; fearful; on edge
- to brush past; to pass by (sb); (fig.) to miss (an opportunity, a danger etc); to have a brush (with death)
- to make prompt decisions (idiom)
- to patrol
- lit. fight minutes, snatch seconds (idiom); a race against time; making every second count
- tactful; euphemistic; (of voice etc) suave; soft
- very few
- to point towards; aimed at; facing; the direction indicated
- blunder (in chess)
- (idiom) to take the lead
- far away; a distant location
- to yell; hubbub
- hundred million; (fig.) enormous quantity; absolutely; certainly (usually followed by a negative expression)
- firearms (in historical context); flintlock (old powder and shot firearm)
- in a panic; flurried
- the few are no match for the many; heavily outnumbered; facing impossible odds (idiom)
- numerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted
- to wound with a blade or hatchet; to slash; to gash
- Barbara (name)