frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
great commander; famous commander
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
revolutionary; child of the revolution; man of revolutionary temperament
nonconformist; dissenter; maverick; enfant terrible
tepid water; lukewarm water; comfortable; easy; relaxed
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
somehow or other; for some reason or another
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
just one person; only one
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
armed might; military power; the sword; force
only; merely; but; no more than