preparations for returning (home)
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
extreme masochist; very masochistic
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
heir; inheritor; successor
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
selection; choice; option
unanticipated; unexpected
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips