evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
vitality; (one's) life force
moustache; mustache; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
hey; yo; hi; come on; hey
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to lie face down; to lie flat (on one's stomach); to bend down (in submission); to bow down; to (crouch) and hide (behind); to conceal oneself; to lie down (and sleep)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to defy conventional wisdom
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to tire of playing; to become tired after playing
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person