grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
while; during; performed in this condition
difference; variation; difference
to rub; to chafe; to wear out; to become worn; to lose one's innocence; to become sly
to push (something) against
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
cease-fire; truce; armistice
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
national border; provincial border
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
have it your way; to hell with you!; get rooted!; bugger you!
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
place; room; margin; scope
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
commander; general; leader
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
great victory; crushing victory
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to run about; to rush about
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
detour; circumvention; turning movement
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
next; secondly; subsequently
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to run away; to escape safely
chain mail (armor, armour)
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove