standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
influential person; man of importance
to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
absence; disregard; indifference
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
to feel depressed; to be down
(dying of) natural causes
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
statue; picture; picture revealing character
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to commit a robbery; to burgle
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
raw materials; ingredients