fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
all eyes; public attention
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
position; location; base; point; site
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
behind; in the rear; in back
defense; defence; defensive preparations
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
regretful; sorrowful; bitter; contrition
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely