to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
to use (public property) for personal purposes; to use (e.g. politics) for one's own ends; to misappropriate (public money); (arch.) to act selfishly
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to command; to order; to tell (to do); to appoint (to the post of)
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness
to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
riches and honours (honors); wealth and rank
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
etc.; et cetera; and so on
various families; various schools of thought
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
heaven and earth; top and bottom
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation