to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
absorption; suction; attraction
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
several years standing; over several years
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
but; however; even though; even if
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to make sense; to be meaningful
long ago; a long time ago; already
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
excessive; too much; unreasonable
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to use up all one's strength
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation