scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
back country; remote countryside
after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present
favourite horse; favorite horse
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to run about; to rush about
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
woodcutter; lumberjack; logger
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
retainer; retinue; servant
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to take back; to recapture
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
each juncture; each turning point
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
to shut in; to confine; to contain