sour look; surly face; pout
last night; yesterday evening
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
one's daughter and heiress
expressing one's mind; speaking out
big talk; boasting; bragging
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
heretical religion; damaging religion; heresy
party; set; gang; company; person
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
disorder; confusion; violence; outrage; riot
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
tunnel; (mining) gallery; level; shaft; pit
main theater of war; principal battlefield
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
how; in what way; by what means
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
postwar period; period after Second World War
on the occasion of; at the time of
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant