subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
conference room; council room
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
with a start; with a jump
order; directive; instructions; command
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to worry (about); to be worried (about); to be troubled (by); to be pained (by); to be distressed (by)
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
to be satisfied (with); to find satisfactory
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
auxiliary; supplementary; subsidiary; ancillary
ruffian; scoundrel; rogue; rascal; villain; hoodlum
forgetting; lapse of memory
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
(a matter of) chance; fortune (of a given time); force of the times
small horse; pony; foal; colt; filly
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
bow (and arrow); unit of distance to an archery target (approx. six feet); unit of distance for land surveying (approx. eight feet)
time for ...; time to ...; good time to ...; opportunity to ...; season
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to walk in on; to tread upon
wide turn; detour; the long way around