stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
sweet voice; seductive voice
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
to curb; to halt; to apply brakes; to put an end to
making an attempt; trial run
to make a vow; to take an oath
observance (of laws, rules, etc.); adherence; obeying; following; abiding by; compliance
accident; disaster; incident; uprising; emergency
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
impossible; unthinkable; unimaginable
drunkenness; intoxication
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
opinion; point of view; visual point
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
urgency; exigency; emergency
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
Naraka; Hell; very bottom; the end; trap room (of a theatre); below-stage basement
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
first match (in a series)
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
frost columns; ice needles
levelling of ground (for construction); preparation of soil (for planting)
same crime; being equally guilty
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
flowers; beautiful; spectacular
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts