taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
malicious; scheming; black-hearted; cruel (contrary to outward behavior); sly; black-hearted
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to replace; to sidestep (an issue)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
a long, long time ago; very long ago
beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs; a small sacrifice may be necessary to solve a more pressing problem
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
something; some kind of; for some reason
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to give directions; to issue instructions
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to cut (someone) down
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
drop (e.g. of water); drip
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream