handful; small amount; small number
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
example; illustration; precedent
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
sympathy; compassion; pity
complete; whole; perfect; safe
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
characteristic; feature; special quality
hardships; privations; difficulties
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
in succession; one by one
extermination; annihilation
at the top of one's voice
to enumerate; to count up
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
reprisals; retaliatory measures
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
good; goodness; right; virtue
advocate; defender; champion; backer
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
apparently; appears to be
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
surface of the earth; ground surface
utmost limits; extremity; limit
starvation; famine; hunger
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of