stroke of the brush; touch; literary style
antibacterial; antimicrobial
disinfection; sterilization; sterilisation
to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine
to be overcome with emotion
neighbouring house; neighboring house
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
courtesy call; courtesy visit
standing tall; towering; soaring
messenger; envoy; emissary
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; being stranded; grounding; level dyeing
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
one's way back; one's way home
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
signs of defeat; negative turn of events
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
heaps of corpses all around
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
sea of blood; pool of blood
one's long-cherished desire
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour