being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
picking; collecting; harvesting
to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
(theatrical) fighting scene
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
to think of; to come up with
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
nonchalant air; unruffled air
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
postwar period; period after Second World War
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to be willing to do anything (any trick) to achieve one's end
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
hostility; animosity; enmity
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
negative emotions; negative feelings
embrace; hug; holding in one's arms
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years