main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
wound suffered in a fight
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
still; as yet; as it has been
practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
recommendation of an influential person
first doing of ... (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.)
completeness; being fully equipped; (suit of) armor; armour
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
city library; municipal library; public library
heaven and earth; universe
indeed; really; truly; very much
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit