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      from thence the flames issued out to burn the hospital  
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      to stop something bad from getting worse or continuing to happen    start learning
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      The fire checked the fighting  
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      one of a group of people fighting against the government of their own country, or against authority [= rebel]     Pol. buntownik, powstaniec   start learning
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      the insurgents were now in possession of most of the city  
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      Pol. schronić się przed czymś    x 4  start learning
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      he took refuge with the Emperor in the palace  
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      to force someone or something to leave or stop doing something:    x3  start learning
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      Critics say the company is trying to drive out competition and charge high royalties.   he was actually driven out by Justinian  
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      he fell into the hands of his own adherents  
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      to have sb near oneself (at home or as a companion);     Pol. mieć kogoś przy sobie   start learning
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      he feared to have him about his person  
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      to put someone in an important job or position, especially with a ceremony;    start learning
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      they installed him in the royal seat of the Kathisma  
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      For want of anything better to do I watched television for a while.   they crowned him with a gold chain of his wife's, for want of a proper diadem.  
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      the worry, disappointment, or unhappiness you feel when something unpleasant happens;     Pol. wielki niepokój, przerażenie, osłupienie   start learning
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      Meanwhile there was dismay and diversity of councils in the Palace.  
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      to make a great effort to achieve something;     Pol. usiłować (coś zrobić)   start learning
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      strove striven   they strove to persuade the Emperor to fly by sea,  
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      If you _____, you try hard to persuade them to do it;    x5   Pol. namawiać, nakłaniać, popychać do zrobienia czegoś   start learning
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      she urged her husband to make one final assault on the enemy  
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      . a military attack to take control of a place controlled by the enemy;     Pol. atak, napaść, szturm   start learning
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      she urged her husband to make one final assault on the enemy  
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      Pol. sposób/tryb postępowania    start learning
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      Those who are most concerned have most right to dictate the course of action.  
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      to take off your clothes or take off someone else's clothes [undress]    start learning
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      . May I never see the day when my purple robe is stripped from me  
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      a woman in a position of authority, ownership, or control, such as the head of a household    start learning
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      I am no more called Lady and Mistress  
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      a cloth that is wrapped around a dead person's body before it is buried, used especially in the past [= shroud];    start learning
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      ‘Empire is the best winding-sheet.’ ”  
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      Pol. zdopingować, zmobilizować, zachęcić    start learning
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      Spurred on by his wife's bold words,  
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      to defeat sb completely in a battle, competition, or election;    start learning
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      after a hard struggle the rebels were entirely routed  
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      archaic or literary to kill, esp violently    start learning
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      It is said that 35,000 men were slain  
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      an incitement to public disorder;     Pol. bunt, rokosz, akcja wywrotowa   start learning
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      many men were slain in the six days of this great “Sedition of Nika.”  
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      a sudden attempt by a large group of people to violently remove a government or ruler [= uprising, rebellion];    start learning
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