delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
patience; endurance; perseverance
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
president (of a society); chairman
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to say; to be pleased to say
son (of others); boy; young master; young man innocent of the ways of the world; man of pampered upbringing; greenhorn (from a well-off family)
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
of tender years; very young
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
vice versa; also the converse; reverse is true
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
to irritate; to offend; to provoke; to get on one's nerves
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
adaptability; flexibility
tide; current; tendency; trend
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
grip (of hand); grip strength
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
no-good man; (male) loser
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
shopping; purchased goods
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
to bark; to howl; to howl (of the wind); to roar (of the sea); to yell; to shout
violent explosion; bursting
pieces; scraps; disconnected