life circumstances; lifestyle; (family) finances
cable; wire rope; cableway
gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)
if we put this another way; in other words; put differently
without considering the consequences; recklessly; imprudently; going overboard
irritability; peevishness; irascibility; hot temper
swindler; imposter; crook
prickling; stinging; biting
mentally deranged person; lunatic
farm owner; plantation owner
operations (a strategy) on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
sore; erosion; ulceration; corruption; dissipation; becoming degenerate
being rather confused; looking somewhat dismayed (perturbed)
three-cornered conversation
to leave word; to leave a message
bolting upright; rearing up (horse)
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
postponement; moving back
military accouterments; military accoutrements; troop formation
turbulent (troubled) times; turbulent war period