cane; walking stick; staff; wand
ball of flames; mass of flames; body covered with flames
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
sickroom; hospital room; ward
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
before the gate; in front of the gate
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to spread; to be propagated
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
wounded person; injured person
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
training; drill; practice; discipline
self-control; self-restraint
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)
outside one's jurisdiction
calming down; quieting down
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately