brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
commander; general; leader
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
to undergo many hardships; to taste the bitters of life
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
to stay calm; to keep cool
financials; on the funding (capital) side
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
spot cash; cash payment; immediate payment (in cash); cash down
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
to gape; to open one's mouth wide
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
indirection; indirectness
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to listen attentively to; to be absorbed in (listening to)
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
control of the air; air supremacy
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
new moon; first day of the lunar month; crescent moon
crescent moon; young moon
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
enemy territory; hostile place