to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
unskilled; not very good at
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; way out (of trouble); excuse
pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
by means of; due to; because of; according to
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
petty thief; pilferer; sneak thief
failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
government office; public office
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
difficult problem; challenge
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
fortune; fate; chance; coincidence; (stroke of) luck
antiquity; the previous era
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
oracle; revelation; divine message
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
serves you right!; see what happens!
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead; Hades
vise; vice; capstan; windlass; cargo net