military force; force of arms; strength of an army
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
endless; boundless; everlasting
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
waste meat; meat scraps; offal
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle; dog-eat-dog competition
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
strict order; peremptory command
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
to anticipate; to foresee
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
stale; hackneyed; cliched
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
opposite; reverse; contrary
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic