upper side (go, chess, othello board)
hard (on the ears); offensive (to the ear); rasping; rough; harsh; grating
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
authority; power; influence
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
prompt; immediate; in real time
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
personal combat; one-to-one fight
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
one day; (on) a certain day
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
cannot be helped; unavoidable
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
supervised; under surveillance
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to take back; to recapture
this for sure; certainly is
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
to say all kinds of things; to complain; to find fault (with)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet