original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
impudence; shamelessness; brazenness; arrogance; audacity; effrontery
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
many people; everyone; all sorts of people
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to bend (the truth); to distort; to yield (a point); to depart (from a principle); to pawn
advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
audience; attendance; hearers
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
possessed of a strong sense of duty
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
military service; combat experience
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to take flight; to disappear
work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown; being idle; slackening; being truant
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
reading comprehension; ability to read and understand
disadvantageous; long (odds)
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
determination; conviction
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations