many items; pressure of business
prayer (for something); supplication
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
tide; current; tendency; trend
penetrating eyes; insightfulness
gale; strong wind; high wind
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
in person; personally; (do) oneself
weak (constitution); sickly; feeble; in poor health
quick-witted; a flash of brilliance; great wisdom
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
international community; international society; the world
two years before last (year); three years back (ago)
historic; historical; traditional
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
sword hilt; decorative hilt
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
(person) slippery as an eel
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
waste of time; killing time
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
finest example; the best (of); white eyebrows
naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
close contest; close match; close game; close combat
to drop; to let fall; to omit