now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
to bawl; to cry; to scream
ray of hope; glimmer of hope
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
condition; situation; prospects
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
state of the war; war situation
presence (impressive quality)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
aloof; proudly independent; standing apart; solitary
to muster (e.g. one's courage); to call forth; to rouse up; to be enlivened; to be invigorated
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
efficiently; skillfully; adeptly; adroitly; deftly
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
same family (race, tribe)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
dynamic lift; lifting power
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate