joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
applicant; candidate; volunteer
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
lightning strike; torpedo attack
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
fainting; losing consciousness; passing out; syncope
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
both; both sides; both parties
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to underrate; to make light of
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
a little; a bit; a small amount; a little while; a short time; a moment
to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
end of war; cessation of hostilities
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
at that time; in those days
to entrust (someone) with; to pin one's hopes on (someone's future); to have great expectations for; to have (someone) deliver (a letter, etc.); to leave (a message); to send word
to establish; to formulate
great person; eminent figure
leading person; foremost figure
war; fighting; fierce competition
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
revival; restoration; resuscitation
official announcement; proclamation
to be fated; to be linked by fate
one's last moment; one's death; one's end