retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
treating (someone) like an object
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
both; both sides; both parties
very great; enormous; serious
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
to surge; to well up; to gush out
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
fire arrow; incendiary arrow; rocket
to spend time (on doing something)
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to disappear; to vanish into thin air