retreat; withdrawal; retirement
moment to quit; way to quit
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
appalling; horrifying; dreadful; hideous; revolting; disgusting
(not) even once; (not) ever
irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority
outside the city; suburbs
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
morning; forenoon; just before noon
break (in the weather, esp. rain or snow); interval of clear weather; patch of blue sky; (arch.) period of serenity
main purpose; primary objective
difference; variation; difference
evident; plain; distinct; clear
having many difficulties in store; grim prospects
will not do; do not; does not
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
any more; anymore; any further; any better; any longer
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
three days and three nights
fast asleep; dead to the world
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
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
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch