Army Minister; Minister of War
reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
retention; maintenance; preservation
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
(idle) ease; idleness; leisureliness
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
to be worried; to be troubled
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive