to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
gotcha; alrighty; got it; OK
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
backwash; rip current; stern wave; drawback (of a tsunami, i.e. when a wave trough reaches land before a crest)
thickheaded; obtuse; slow; sluggish; indulgent (esp. to the opposite sex); doting
near; close; beside; third person
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
enmity; antagonism; hostility
to cross the line; to go too far
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
underestimation; undervaluation
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others
to be forward; to be impertinent
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
whirlpool; maelstrom; vortex; spiral (shape, pattern)
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
desperately; recklessly; rush headlong