pursuer; pursuing party; posse
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
several years; a few years
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
reopening; resumption; restarting
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to detain; to check; to restrain
to cry and shout; to scream
to appease; to suppress; to calm
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
entire world; whole world; world stage
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
bearer; carrier; person bearing responsibility; person in charge; supporter
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to survive; to continue living; to escape death
to join forces; to cooperate
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
to tumble down; to roll down
day after day; day by day
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
outside world; physical world
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express