faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
river; stream; River; the ... river
prison camp; concentration camp; prisoner of war camp; POW camp
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
military personnel; soldier
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
ruffian; villain; scoundrel
to have a talk; to tell a story
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
subordinate work; assistant; servant
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
honest and homely; simple
youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new
on the way back; returning
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
place; situation; position; location
to become inverted; to become reversed
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
stopping place (incl. stations, rail yards, junctions, etc.); (railway) station
thereupon; shortly thereafter
one day; (on) a certain day
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with