leaving the mound; being knocked out; resignation; stepping down; withdrawing
scarcity value; rarity value; preciousness
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
to irritate one; to get on one's nerves
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
porcelain (esp. soft-paste porcelain); china; chinaware; earthenware; pottery; ceramics
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
ninth day of the month; nine days
ban (e.g. on smoking); prohibition
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to be a matter of life or death
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to search for; to seek for; to look for
pulse; pulse rate; pulsation; stroke of pulse
rate; late; rating; ranking
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
under control (e.g. of territory)
to loosen one's sword slightly in the scabbard
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
cards in one's hand; one's hand
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
Felidae (family comprising the cats)
sense of urgency; feeling of high tension
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless