I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
doorkeeper; doorman; porter
station; office; guardroom
high window; clerestory window
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
beforehand; in advance; previously
at first; initially; in the beginning
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to take a pinch of something (e.g. salt); to pick up in one's fingers
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
surface of the earth; ground surface
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom