(one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to have excess momentum (from going too fast, using too much force, etc.); to get carried away; to go overboard; to overdo (something)
to trample; to crush underfoot
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
reason; cause; history; origin
had better ...; had better not ...
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
demonstration; manifestation; protest
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
the first in history; only once in history
going into battle; departure for the front
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
a pair (of shoes or socks)
before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
strict order; peremptory command
the big two...; two major...; two main...
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
miscreant; scoundrel; villain
servant; manservant; menial
to glare; to dazzle; to glitter
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled