to pick up; to find; to gather
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
discovery; detection; finding
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
at first; in the beginning; originally
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
fifth day of the month; five days
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
preference; priority; precedence
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
tension; mental strain; nervousness
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint