to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; effect
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
8000; eight thousand; many
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
squad leader; divisional officer
spirit; heart; disposition
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
cold reception; inhospitality
small build; small stature
to assign; to allot; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate; to assess
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
key to understanding; point (e.g. of an argument)
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
national crisis; national disaster
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
fruit wine (e.g. cider, wine, plum liquor); fruit liqueur
being placed one upon another; piling up; superimposition; superposition; excellent; splendid
to slap down; to knock down; to floor
moving tale; impressive tale
contemplation; meditation
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
self-examination; reflection
mountain road; mountain trail
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to add (to); to add on; to append
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago