fighting against an illness
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to whip; to lash; to give the rod; to spur on; to encourage
not yet known; unknown; strange
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
nurse (male or female); personal care attendant
in name only; titular; nominal
early (days); initial stage; initial
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor; ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
shades of evening; dead of night
to hit and break open; to crush; to smash
to swing downward; to bring down (one's sword, fist, etc.)
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
very careful; thoroughly prepared
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to handle (a thing) roughly
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
declaration of war; proclamation of war
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
despite having waited a long time; in spite of having waited a long time
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
voice; speech; sound of a voice; sound (e.g. of a TV)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate