to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
before the gate; in front of the gate
several people; a few people
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
sense of caution; wariness
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
sympathy; compassion; pity
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to put one's strength into
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
under the orders of; by order (command)
audience (with someone of high standing)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
bad name; bad reputation; disgrace; dishonour; dishonor; stigma
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
tedious; boring; being fed up with
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
at once; immediately; right now
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
another time; some other time
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
ordinary soldier; mere soldier
one's social standing; one's position; one's place; one's station in life
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout