large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
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)
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
choices; alternatives; options
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control
to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
preservation; retainment; keeping
territory; domain; field; area; domain; region
ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front
to begin to walk; to set out
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
smoothly; easily; readily
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
leaving everything up to someone else
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
to part left and right; to open out
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
very likely; very probable
way out; means to escape; escape route