(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
life or death; existence; destiny
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
(acting) together; jointly; cooperatively; in partnership; side by side; (lit.) holding hands
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
to join forces; to cooperate
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
ninth day of the month; nine days
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
throwaway; disposable; single-use
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
simply; merely; only; solely
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
firmly rooted; deep-seated
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)
permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
creation; Creation (by God)
etc.; et cetera; and so on
deep inside; innermost place
reverse movement; retrogression; going backwards; retrogradation; retrogression
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
unconditionally; as a rule
to laugh away; to laugh off
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush