to fire (a gun); to shoot; to let off; to loose off; to blow (someone) away
instant; moment; for an instant
to do someone in; to bump someone off
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
solitude; loneliness; isolation
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
treasure chest; strongbox
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
oral medicine; internal medicine
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth