victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
baton (of command); order; command; direction
heavy-hearted; depressed; dispirited; (feeling) down; feeling reluctant (to do)
to appoint; to nominate; to consider (oneself) to be; to pose as; to assume (a role, responsibility, etc.); to take on
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
night attack; nocturnal assault
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
roofing; roofed with; thatching; thatched with; shingling; shingled with
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
slash (punctuation mark); slash; slit
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
enemy territory; hostile place
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
to thank; to apologize; to apologise; to say farewell; to retreat; to refuse
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to fight against; to oppose; to face
mixture; jumble; blend; making a cord by entwining threads of various colours
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
speaking voice; talking voice
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
to leave something as it is
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience