back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
to not take seriously; to take lightly
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
everything; anything; nothing
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
to be tired of looking at
to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out
small insect; midge; vermicule
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
military forces; hosts; troops
(clenched) fist; knuckles
physiological; physical; visceral; instinctive; in one's guts
keep on (doing); (doing) the whole time; (doing) all the time; (doing) all the way; (doing) non-stop
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
slap in the face; slap on the cheek
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
the gods of heaven and earth
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
charcoal; charred remains
to find out; to discover; to locate
taking command of a corps in a battle; command exercised by the leader of a group
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve