I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
agreement; stipulation; contract
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
choosing; selecting; deciding (on)
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
training; drill; practice; discipline
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
whole story; full picture; full particulars
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
to subsist; to keep on living
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
different opinion; objection
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
rejection; dismissal; turning down; abandoning; renunciation
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to make an appeal; to urge
patriarch; head of a family
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
district; section; sector
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
street at night; making a night journey
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-