indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
safe; vault; storage cabinet
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
written explanation; written apology
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
black stone; black (go pieces)
in good taste; tasteful; (person) of refined taste; of cultivated tastes
top of ...; head of ...; the moment that ...
adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
white background; blank; female virgin
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
hegemony; leadership; initiative
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to acquire a position; to hold an appointment
engagement; business; affair; use; need
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
female fox; vixen; she-fox; woman who deceives men
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
old or veteran army general
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear