to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
forging; tempering; drilling; training; disciplining
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
one blow; one hit; one stroke; summiting on the first attempt (oft. without prior knowledge about the route; in climbing); on-sight; flashing
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
progress; advance; improvement; development
lodging together; training camp; boarding house
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
loss of fighting spirit; losing the will to fight
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
from the standpoint of; from the viewpoint of; on; above; the best; top
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
uncompleted; unfinished; crude
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to do; to have the nerve to (do)
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
dying breath; dying whisper; being at death's door
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle