female fox; vixen; she-fox; woman who deceives men
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
end; tip; extremities; terminal
comma; decimal point; radix point
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
even more; still more; further
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
serious; not joking; straight
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
concentrated fire; intense criticism
sunlight; rays of the Sun
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
step; stride; counter for steps
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to step over or across; to overcome
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to have no chance (of succeeding)
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of