insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
almost; roughly; approximately
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
property; fortune; means; assets
compensating; making up for; supplementation
to breathe out; to exhale
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
to capture; to seize; to plunder
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
soft; fragile; weak; poorly built; insubstantial
to pick a fight; to find fault
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
leadership skill; leadership ability
large tree; big tree; huge tree
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
interior; inside; internal
disassembly; dismantling; factorization; decomposition; resolution; deblocking
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
without; unless; have to do
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to hang one's head; to droop one's head