crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to say (something) over one's shoulder
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
skill; dexterity; master hand
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
postwar period; period after Second World War
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
to be talented; to be able
to beat to death; to kill
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
aging; wearing out; deterioration
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
self-deprecating; self-mocking
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal