important place; strategic point; critical location
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
determination; resolution
loser; defeated person; the defeated
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
heart and soul; all one's heart; all one's energy
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to run about trying to escape
in some cases; sometimes; on occasions
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to be infected; to be contagious
war; battle; match; game; competition
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
main theater of war; principal battlefield
isolation; being alone; being friendless
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
main battery; main armament
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
three; three years of age
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)