iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
secretary; councillor; councilor
long-armed; kleptomania(c)
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
corridor; gallery; platform; passageway
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
grey moustache; white beard
wheat straw; barley straw
cannibalism; anthropophagism
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
by ones and twos; tears or flower petals falling quietly; gurgling bird sound; falling apart; crumbling; dish made from fiveleaf aralia sprouts, pickled daikon, walnuts, etc.
joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
mohican (hairstyle); mohawk; Mohican; Mahican; Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe
to gain fame; to make one's name
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
separate; scattered; apart
moron; idiot; stupid person
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
in unison; as one; united
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
madly in love; head over heels; fanatically doting; collapsed; out of spirits
delicious; appetizing; appetising
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable