to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
Stampede (The Doobie Brothers album)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to face on; to look out on to
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
at; in; at; when; by; with
start of a war; beginning of hostilities
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
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
our country; our land; one's own country
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
leader; central personage
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
massing (of troops); gathering
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial