bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
secret; private; surreptitious
veneer board; plywood; joint publication
furnishings; implements; equipment
to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)
not limited to; not just ...
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
orphan; person without friends
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
going to war; departure for the front; departure for military service (in response to a draft)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to be fated to; be linked by fate
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
this occasion; at this time; now
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
step; stride; counter for steps
to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
passion; temper; irritability