to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
victim; injured party; sufferer
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
estimate (of costs); budget
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; dissemination; allocation
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
at that time; in those days
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
risky; dangerous; insecure
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
annexation; merger; swallowing up
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
and yet; though; when; in spite of