to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to conquer; to subjugate; to overcome
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
remnants of a defeated army
reconstruction; reorganization; reorganisation; reconstitution; reconfiguration
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to state; to express; to mention
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
to lead a stingy life; to scrimp and save; to pinch pennies; (lit.) to light one's (finger)nails (instead of a candle)
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
putting into operation; invocation
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
long; drawn-out; very long
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
one by one; in detail; minutely
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
calamity; disaster; misfortune
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
discernment; penetration; insight; intellectual acumen
snugly; cosily; compactly
worst; poor and boring; uncool
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
not yet known; unknown; strange
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
trailing; chasing after; imitation; copy
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
bits and pieces; frizzily (as in perm)
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
murder; killing; murderer