futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)