to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind
to sit down; to take a seat
to join together; to combine; to join up
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
scenery; scene; landscape
token (effort); something done for form's sake
in name only; titular; nominal
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
chastity; virtue; fidelity; feminine modesty
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to set one's teeth; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
great cause; moral law; justice
to lose sight of; to miss
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
moderate; proper; just right
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely