handcuffs; hand shackles; restrictions; restraints
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
rearguard; rear guard; back (player)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
rear guard; rear guard unit
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
to hold fast; to protect to the end
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
commissioned officer; military officer
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
impassioned speech; fervent speech
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
feudal lords; barons; princes
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create