to mark the end; to spell the end
to be outpushed; to lose a pushing competition
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
sword skills; swordsmanship
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
emergency staircase; emergency stairs
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
wallpaper; wallpaper; background image; desktop image
to re-cover; to reupholster; to repaper; to renew (e.g. a plaster)
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
to say time and time again; to say till you're blue in the face
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
faint, ironic or bittersweet smile
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
uncertain; unreliable; inauthentic; insecure
to throw away; to abandon
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
cancellation; abandonment
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
direct transmission (of mystery, skill, secret, etc.); initiation
high spirits; gleeful mood
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit
plastic wrap; cling film; cling wrap; to wrap in plastic wrap
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar