scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
to spread its roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.); to put down roots; to settle down (in a place)
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
to run around (wildly); to rush about all over the place; to make every effort (to do); to do everything one can
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
to be heartbroken; to have one's heart break; to be overwhelmed with grief
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
government office building
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
front; frontage; facade; main
Gothic (style, e.g. in architecture); sans serif (typeface); gothic
guard; sentinel; garrison
battle formation; military formation
long ago; previous; of a former age
artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to force one's way through
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
(in) the air; midair; sky
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring; acting freely; doing as one pleases
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap
to hold firmly in one's mouth; to clamp down on with one's teeth; to bring (a man) in (for sexual purposes); to lure in
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
hey!; wait a minute!; whoa!; boohoo; waaaa
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
cheerful; buoyant; lighthearted
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting