mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
to forget completely; to leave behind
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
successor; replacement; second wife
function; facility; faculty; feature
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
setting; installing; setting up (meeting, conference, etc.); stage setting; setting (of a novel, movie, play, etc.)
to speak ill of; to disparage
to fall down (e.g. off a chair); to slip down (e.g. one's eyeglasses); to make a fool of oneself; to whoop it up; to be on the spree
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
about when; about what time; how soon
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
creation; formation; foundation; establishment
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
outside world; physical world
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
to become fine (of fabric); to be checkmated; to be hard pressed; to be at a loss
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
I think (something) won't (something); probably (something) isn't (something)
posing a question; question
(period of) a year; during an era
fixed idea; idée fixe; stereotype; prejudice
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
leading person; foremost figure
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique