cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
last night; yesterday evening
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
pale; pallid; bluish-white
gentle; mild; meek; tender
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
weakness; effeminacy; enervation
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to live through; to survive
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
the lower classes; the common people
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
armed might; military power; the sword; force
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
veteran; battle-worn; schooled by adversity in many battles; rich in experience
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
to stiffen; to become stiff
beforehand; in advance; previously