confusion; distraction; derangement
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to be in high spirits; to be encouraged; to be lively; to cheer up
preference; priority; precedence
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
to make an incessant onslaught; to attack incessantly
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
casualties; the killed and wounded
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
to repeat; to do something over again
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
desperation; struggle to the death
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
careful observation; close attention
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)