to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
loafing; indolent; lazy; hey
one's whole life; one's lifetime
life; living; I; me; student
stand-offish; distant; not frank; watery (alcohol, coffee, etc.)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
disturbance; confusion; perturbation; commotion; turbulence
to serve as; to act as; to fill (the position of); to play the role of; to be in charge of; to hold (a position)
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
intrusion; bursting into; barging into; breaking into; forcing one's way into
condition; situation; prospects
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
secret; private; surreptitious
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
situation (turn of events) being unfavorable (disadvantageous)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
penalty; sentence; punishment
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless
coat; jacket; outerwear; top; upper-body garment
strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard; hard fighting; fierce fighting
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to be crushed; to be squashed; to go bankrupt; to go under; to be ruined (of a plan); to be cancelled; to be lost (of one's voice, eyesight, sense of smell, etc.)
to bury; to embed; to implant
loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
shout of victory; cry of triumph
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
to gather; to collect; to assemble