player of a wind instrument
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
to take pains (doing something); to take great care
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
(in) various settings; act to act; place to place
Catholic rite (e.g. mass); hierurgy
restlessly; restively; agitated; fidgety
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
verge of death; dying moments
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
disjointed; frequently interrupted; in fits and starts
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
chasing down and capturing (a criminal, etc.)
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
various; diverse; divergent; each according to one's own wishes
battle dust; the tumult of war
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
fine performance; tour de force
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines
the work of man; human feat; something humanly possible