cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
one's own army; one's own team
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to say no more; to sink into silence
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
establishment; settlement
to some extent; to a certain extent
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
disparaging words; derogatory term; insult; epithet
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
wife and children; (arch.) wife
to exert oneself; to make efforts
young person; youth; young
systematic; organized; organizational
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
outward; superficial; external; apparent
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
father and mother; parents
considerably; fairly; quite
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
man of letters; literary man
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite