sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
failure; mistake; blunder
social; societal; societary
to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
speech; expression; wording; language
senior; elder; person older than oneself
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
something like ...; something called ...
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
father-in-law; foster father; stepfather
memory; ability to remember
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
if you think about it; come to think of it
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
feeling of fullness; sense of sufficiency; feeling of satisfaction
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
vitality; (one's) life force
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
loveable; very likeable; like very much