to revere; to respect; to worship
brawny; muscular; impressive; gigantic
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
form; shape; figure; visage
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
quiet; still; surreptitious
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
desperately; for one's dear life
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
as (for); for; in the capacity of
chance (of success); odds
assertion; declaration; affirmation
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to encamp; to take up positions
notes; comment; remark; annotation
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to speak; to hear a voice
to lend an ear to; to listen to
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
please; somehow or other; one way or another
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive