abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
in person; personally; (do) oneself
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
dry and rough; desiccated; rustling
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
as you see; as you can see
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
internal conditions; true state of affairs
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
seeing one off; farewell; escort
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
minor or untalented actor (relegated to roles such as the legs of a stage horse)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
accidental death; casualty
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known