travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
central; main; just (done); freshly (baked); counter for consecutive losses
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
blow; shock; strike; batting
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
gathering clouds; group of clouds
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
much less; to say nothing of
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
such ... as; or some such
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
how can (one) do something
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
trusting too much; overestimating ability
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to rise; to erect; to get up
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!