to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
merits; distinguished services
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
challenging; defiant; provocative; aggressive
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
contest; comparison; competition
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
sobering up; method of sobering up
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
dawn; daybreak; beginning
slope; slanting surface; bevel
(your) daughter; young woman
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding
in that way; like that; that way
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
proposal; proposition; suggestion
military force; military strength
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
strategist; tactician; schemer
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter