rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
abandonment; giving up; bargain sale; selling off cheaply; edge (e.g. of an architectural member); boundary
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
locker room; changing room; dressing room
otherwise; if not; or else
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
current value; price; market value
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
having said that; be that as it may
peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures
flour; meal; powder; dust
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude
smoothly; easily; readily
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
close; intimate; on good terms
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
message; informative matter