role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
living thing; living creature; animal; life
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
to follow advice; to act upon advice
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
small number; few; minority
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
one by one; one after another; successively
two sheets (of paper or other flat objects)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
leaving a matter to chance
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to part left and right; to open out
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
difficult to ...; hard to ...
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor