to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
decisive; resolute; determined; firm
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to lose heart; to lose motivation
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
record of proceedings; minutes
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
whether or not; presence or absence
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
time; season; period; phase; stage
idealistic thought (argument)
individual; private person; personal; private
government body; government agency
standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
to faint; to be exhausted
suffix appended to somebody else's family members
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
mimicry; imitation (of someone, something)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
candy; sweet; confectionary
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
snapping (e.g. fingers) sound; with a pop
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
children's story; fairy tale