anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
and then; and so; and; so then
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
another time; some other time
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
to yearn for; to pine; to be deeply in love with
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
inattention; distraction; mind-wandering
to be a matter of life or death
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
official business; public business
to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it
stairs; stairway; staircase
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
continuation; succession; series
Sonata in B minor (Liszt)
one's younger days; when one was young
to try to (do); to want to; to be about to (do, happen)
being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
opposite side; opposition
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
concession; conciliation; compromise
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up