love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
contract; compact; agreement
verbal promise; one's word
(not) even once; (not) ever
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
(car) dealer; (card) dealer; (foreign exchange) dealer
feigned; pretending (not to know)
to send back; to refer back
treating someone like a child
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
one's hand (when playing cards); name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
being the sole winner; winner-take-all
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
immediately; at once; instantly
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer
suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
paper tube; cardboard tube
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining