to speak ill of; to disparage
nasty; disgusting; detestable; unpleasant; disagreeable; creepy
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
several steps; much (better, higher, etc.); several cuts (above)
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union
sense of being the chosen people
equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms
good policy; wise policy; best plan
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
general idea; concept; notion
protracted war; war of attrition
to call (someone) to come; to call for; to summon; to always call (someone by a name); to become used to calling
group; bunch; crowd; group
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
interior; inside; internal
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
second athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
inner circumference; internal circumference
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
succeeding; following; trailing; next
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
human speech; human language; sound of people talking