raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
retrenchment; curtailment
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
secret technique; secret art
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
end; close; finish; termination
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
broad (view, perspective, etc.); wide; large
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
cannot be helped; unavoidable
letting (someone) die without helping
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
to run around; to bustle about
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
to hit hard; to punch hard; to give a hard blow; to wallop; to sock
everybody; every last one of them; all
statue; picture; picture revealing character
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
for some (unspecified) reason
to go out and away; to leave