to suffer an embarrassing defeat
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
conviction; belief; confidence
voluntary; optional; free; elective
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to say; to be called; to do
in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
being isolated and helpless; fighting (struggling) alone and unassisted
near oneself; close to one; familiar
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to gather strength; to take heart
main cause; primary factor
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
one lump; one body; one group
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
offering a full report to a superior
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
preference; priority; precedence
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual