New Year's Eve; end of the year
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
whenever necessary; as needed; as required; at any time; at all times
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
blow; shock; strike; batting
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
height (of body); stature
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to be lacking a trump card; to be lacking conclusive evidence
hand-to-hand fighting; grappling; scuffling
war; battle; match; game; competition
to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to be worn down; to be reduced
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
worst; worst-case (scenario)
external wound; (physical) trauma
ideal situation; ideal world; perfect world; utopia
transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination