(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
quick work; (clever) feat
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to take off (another's clothes); to strip someone (of their clothes); to undress
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
cripple; disabled person; invalid; (game, internet, etc.) addict
wherein; therein; thereinto; among which
to take a step backward; to retreat a step; to back up
laboratory animal; experimental animal
remaining strength; surplus energy; reserve power; money to spare
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
protracted war; war of attrition
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
to tease; to make fun of; to ridicule; to mock; to play with (e.g. a toy); to fiddle with
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end; helpless; powerless
being boxed in on all sides; having obstacles in every direction; being at a loss (what to do); being in a fix
to cease; to stop; to be over
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion