to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
step; stride; counter for steps
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
office chair; desk chair; computer chair
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
home area; home town; local
small scale; small family
in comparison to; rather than
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
to dye; to colour; to color
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
incident; affair; happening; event
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
way of speaking; intimation
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
supreme; greatest; highest; best
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to bless; to show mercy to; to give (money, etc.)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge