unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track
lodging (house); accommodation; hotel; housing (for government employees)
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
pearls thrown before swine; unused possession; useless possession; waste of talent
casting pearls before swine
casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat
pure heart; naivete; innocence
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
scratch; graze; scrape; minor damage
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
contraction; narrowing; stricture; stenosis
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
one by one; one after another; successively
butcher's shop; butcher; meat shop
dressed carcass; meat on the bone
error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision
sincere; earnest; serious
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
had better ...; may as well ...
instruction; direction; briefing
person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)
retiring from military service
consequently; as a result; in the end
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
old wound; scar; unpleasant past experience; painful memory; past misdeed
charitable person; philanthropist
clergyman; churchman; clergy
osteotomy; finely cutting a fish to cut up its small bones
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade