to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
ability; capability; skill
command; lead; generalship; leadership
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
twice; again; second time
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
disorder; chaos; confusion
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
hypothetical or imaginary enemy
attack; assault; attempt; try
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
100,000; hundred thousand
G; g; (acceleration due to) gravity; giga-; gravitational constant; gauss; general audience (film certificate)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
information technology; IT
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
way out; means to escape; escape route
discard pile (card games)
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
to do someone in; to bump someone off
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)