sad fate; tragic doom; ill fate
meeting; facing; confronting
third day of the month; three days
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
dim; vague; indistinct; faint; obscure
dense fog; dense mist; feeling depressed
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
raging flames; roaring flames; raging fire
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
British territory (possession)
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
place; situation; position; location
two times; twice; two degrees
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
metre; meter; meter; gauge
roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling
sound of a gun; roar of cannon
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
break; tear; pierce; split; burst
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
main battery; main armament
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
fall; drop; descent; coming down
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
speaking tube; voice pipe
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
turning round (a ship); changing course; veering