piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
skilled manager; resourceful general
double suicide; lovers' suicide
to give a round of applause; to applaud
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
individual; private person; personal; private
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
finishing blow; coup de grâce
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
column of water; water column
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
monotony; monotone; dullness; monotone; monotonic
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
chink in the armor (armour)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)