desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to give directions; to issue instructions
property; fortune; assets
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
retort; back talk; backchat
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
surely; certainly; no doubt; must
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
guess; speculation; supposition
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
no match for; cannot compete with; cannot stand; cannot bear; unable to do; cannot do
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
one by one; one after another; successively
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
defeated soldier; defeated troops; routed army
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)
to slouch; to stoop; to bend forward; to lean forward
scattered; separated; dispersed
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)