castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
10,000; ten thousand; 10^4
to make merry; to be festive
busy place; busy street; place that's always bustling with people; amusement quarters
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
person sought by the police; wanted person; fugitive from justice
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with
paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
to come from; to have roots in
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
(arch.) to deceive; (arch.) to fool; (arch.) to lie; to commit adultery
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
to jump on (a horse); to jump onto (a bus, train, etc.); to jump into (a taxi)
(not) even a little bit; (not) in the slightest; (not) one bit
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")