gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
stairs; stairway; staircase
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
sheltered work programs; sheltered work programmes; providing with work; giving employment
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
troops; group members; team members
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
matching dice; doublets; bet on two horses in the same bracket; repdigit; monodigit
difficult to ...; hard to ...
urinating outdoors; urinating standing up
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
tobacco; cigarette; cigaret; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
to go past; to pass; to pass by
two holes; toilet with separate chambers for urine and faeces
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
future prospects; promise
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
high-handed; domineering; on one's high horse