performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
again; once more; a second time
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
right in the center (centre)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
brilliant; bright; dazzling
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
relatively; comparatively
chaos of war; war turmoil
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
originally; by nature; from the start
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
level ground; plain; flatland
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
main theater of war; principal battlefield
military shoes; combat boots
to trample down; to devastate
to step firmly; to harden by treading
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation