defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
heresy; heretical teachings; black magic
such; this sort of; like this
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
victim; injured party; sufferer
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
war situation; progress of a battle
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
overlooking; turning a blind eye
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
innocent; blameless; guiltless
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
military officer; naval officer
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
tomfoolery; monkey business
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full