going around; patrol; round; tour
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
prospects of victory; chances of success
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
roller coaster; big dipper
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
neighbouring house; neighboring house
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to freeze; to refrigerate
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
self-condemnation; self-reproach; self-accusation
to comfort; to console; to amuse
distant look; faraway look
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
temple (esp. large one); monastery; temple building
to be detained; to take time
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
spoiled; half-rotten; decaying