weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
abolition; elimination; extinction; discontinuation
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
several people; a few people
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
cannot help (doing, etc.); cannot resist; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
to speak unanimously; to speak in chorus; to speak in unison; to speak in one voice
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
resignation; acceptance; consolation
with all one's strength; with might and main; as hard as one can
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
cost of one's food; one's board
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
to move forward; to move on
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
cunning; wiliness; craftiness
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)