self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
to do one good; to be beneficial; to stand in someone else's shoes; (arch.) to care deeply for someone
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
extermination; annihilation
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
forevermore; for eternity
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to be tired of looking at
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
appropriation; misappropriation; making one's own
to lie; to cheat; to pretend; to trick; to deceive
to punish (e.g. a child, etc.)
manipulation of information; spin
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
disinformation; false information
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
interference; intervention; meddling
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)