to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
intercept; interception; counter-attack
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
to be born; to come into this world
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
Sparta (ancient Greek city-state); hard education; hard training; strict; severe
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
sports-minded; sports-oriented
dividing line; parting (of the hair); partition; crisis; decisive moment
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
competition; rivalry; feeling that something is worth the effort; motivation; enthusiasm
bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling
to treat (someone) to (something); to give (someone) a treat; to buy (someone a meal, drink, etc.); to be extravagant; to live in luxury
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
3000; three thousand; many
pre-war days; before the war
throat; singing voice; gutter (inner margins of a book)
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
raising and lowering; loading and unloading (cargo); praising and criticizing
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
way; method; means; resource; course
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
letter of challenge (to a duel, etc.)
without; but if; otherwise; or else
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
quick; nimble; agile; sharp; smart; clever