annual (plant); first-year student
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
just a minute; small quantity
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
strategist; tactician; schemer
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
all; entire; whole; altogether
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
to squeeze out; to wring out
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
the same rank; equality; apposition
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
carved seal; engraved stamp; to engrave (a seal); to carve; to make an impression (with a seal)
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
since then; from that time; ever since
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
in the same way as; just like
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to cut off; to lop off; to prune