weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
presence (impressive quality)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)
not necessarily so; is not always true
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
private funds; own funds; private property
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
cartage; transportation or shipping charges
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
return path (of a signal, communication); return trip
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
convenient; handy; useful
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
form; shape; figure; visage
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
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
second day of the month; two days
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)