giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
weakness; debility; breakdown; prostration
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
to be overcome with emotion
to be wet (with tears); to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
reduction by half; halving
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
battle formation; battle array; lineup (of a team, etc.); cast; staff
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
assertion; declaration; affirmation
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused