attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; letting (a dog) run loose; letting (a child) run free
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
violence; assault; rough (handling, language, etc.); reckless; rape; sexual assault
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to put up (with something); (lit.) to clench 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); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. 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 throw off (clothes); to cast off; to fling off; to cast off (old ideas, habits, etc.); to discard
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)
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
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 kill; to beat to death
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
brink; verge; critical moment; crucial moment
deterioration; becoming decrepit; becoming worn out
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to exert oneself; to push oneself; to pay generously (for); to splurge (on)
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes