siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
according to plan; as planned; on target
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
long; drawn-out; very long
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
to count; to include in the number
to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)
affectionate father; loving father
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
non-fruit-bearing flower; something that is flashy with no content
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
metre (of a poem); meter; rhythm; prosody
to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
mid-air; mid-heaven; zenith
under the orders of; by order (command)
to run down (stairs, etc.)
voluntary; optional; free; elective
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
going around; orbiting; circling; circumference; girth; surroundings
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
an extremely great number (often said to be 100 million); 10^60 (or 10^72)
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to make an appearance; to show up
farewell; be that so; in that case; (arch.) however; (arch.) though that may be the case
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
two (long cylindrical things)
tacit understanding; connection (of thoughts); collusion; blood vessel
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
circulation; rotation; cycle; loop
compression; condensation; constriction; compaction