to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to claim victims; to cause casualties
to need; to demand; to take; to require
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
desertion in the face of the enemy; deserting under enemy fire
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre
bureau director; office chief
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to knock down; to utterly defeat
selection; choice; option
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
decisive battle of brief duration
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
bright white (esp. for snow and ice); brilliant white
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
depression; low spirits; dejection
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
whole day and night; 24 hours
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across