drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
something used to cover the eyes; blindfold; blinder; concealing one's home such that the interior cannot be seen from outside
to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
caller; visitor; company; guest
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
interference; obstruction; sabotage
tacit; unspoken; implicit
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
-less; lacking; non-existing
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
vigorous; cheerful; assertive
it is I who should say so
useless resistance; vain struggle
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
to take away; to carry off
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
concealment; suppression; hiding
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
third day of the month; three days
to breathe out; to exhale
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
conditionally; with conditions attached
nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)