decisive; resolute; drastic
immediately carrying out (a plan); right away; without delay; immediately
urban area; urban district
in the end; on top of that
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
not worth considering; out of the question
daredevil; foolhardy warrior; hotspur
down to earth; reasonable; able to deal with
preservation; conservation; maintenance; integrity
text (of a law, treaty, contract, etc.); provisions
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family
greater than; greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket
even though; despite; notwithstanding
eloquence; fluency (of speech)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
direct appeal; direct petition
strong beginning and weak ending; anticlimax
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
successively; one after another
midfield (in a horse race or motor race); middle of the pack
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on