top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
cannot be compared with; no match for
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
last days; the end; one's fate
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
(not) a single person; (no) one
to gain knowledge; to build up one's knowledge
to be absorbed in reading
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
private tutor; coach; governess
exclusive; attached to; specialist
level; standard; water level
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
dwelling; house; residence; address
to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate
natural; reasonable; understandable
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
to keep away; to keep at a distance
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
human rights; civil liberties
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
administration (of medicine)
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
competing; competition; auction
conventional phrase; stock phrase; cliche; frequently used musical (guitar) phrase
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
infancy; childhood; infant; child