to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to put one's hand on; to touch
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
to spend time (on doing something)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
covering; protection; backing; relief
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
troops; group members; team members
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
survival; survivor; relic
in spite of; regardless of
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
all but dead; half killed
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
forcibly; against one's will
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
largest class; top category