meandering; snaking; zigzagging
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
sign; indication; call; summons; requisition; expropriation
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
laughable; ridiculous; pitiful; contemptible; absurdity
starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
feng (male Chinese firebird)
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
right side; right-hand side
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
siblings; brothers and sisters
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to force one's way through
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to revere; to respect; to worship
a person without a single relative
Hellmuth; Helmut; Hermuth
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
biological child; one's own child
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
to send or direct a person to
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things