to stop talking; to break off; to pause
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
alone; unaided; away from home
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
it is not (like that) either
exactly as stated; verbatim
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
hillock; small hill; knoll; hummock
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
stationing (troops); occupancy
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
all; entire; whole; altogether
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to spread; to be propagated
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger