suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to order; to command; to appoint
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
deep-seated grudge; hatred
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
good-looking man; fine figure of a man
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to make an appearance; to show up
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
education; training; discipline
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to entwine; to follow about
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
one's later years; final years (in life)
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
two times; twice; two degrees
to give; to do (something) for
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
training; drill; practice; practising; discipline
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else