to mark the end; to spell the end
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
sword skills; swordsmanship
to see everything; to see all; to abandon; to give up; to sell at a loss; to sell off
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
dry riverbed; river beach
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
that is to say; so that means
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to happen to have on hand or in stock
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make laugh; to amuse
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much