device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
now that; since; so long as; because
even if; even though; however; no matter how
unseasonable; out of season
black hair; black-haired horse
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
freely; frankly; without reserve
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
right in the midst of; right at the height of
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom; the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty; booming or peaking (in popularity)
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to be squashed by; to be pinned under
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate