to dash (water, etc.; on someone or something); to throw (on); to pour (over)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to relate to; to have one's feelings understood
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
in this manner; in this way; like this
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
on the way; as one goes; in the future; someday; eventually
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
to be embarrassed; to lose face
hating; strongly disliking
jumble; hodgepodge; potpourri; heterogenous mixture
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
without permission; without notice
various matters; everything
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to make absolutely sure (that all is right); to use every means; to take all possible measures
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
requisition; commandeering; conscription
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
great commander; famous commander
hegemony; leadership; initiative
high spirits; boastful talk
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
uninterested (in); having no interest (in)
I don't give a damn; I wouldn't know; that's got nothing to do with me
resignation; acceptance; consolation
half and half; fifty-fifty
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
possessiveness; desire to monopolize (monopolise); desire for control
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain
troublesome; pain in the butt