clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
to stain one's honour (of a man); to hurt one's reputation; to bring shame upon oneself; to become less of a man
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
behavioral principle; principle (value) governing one's conduct
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
overhead ladder; horizontal ladder; monkey bars; yunti (scaling ladder used for escalade in ancient China)
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
to rain incessantly; to downpour
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
function; facility; faculty; feature
left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; left field; left fielder
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
successively; one after another
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to send flying with a kick
to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
right wing; right wing (of a bird or aircraft); right wing (of an army, building, etc.); right flank; right field; right fielder; right wing (in soccer, rugby, etc.)
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood; to turn red
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
to slay; to kill; to put to the sword
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
to rally; to make a comeback