to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)
personal feelings; self-interest
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
method of bringing up; method of raising
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
abandoned mine; disused mine
to push (someone) around; to shove around; to treat roughly; to bully
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
riding together; riding with
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
wholehearted; earnest; determined; intent; single-minded; straightforward
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
intimidating enough to quieten a crying child
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious