discovery; detection; finding
to notify; to advise; (arch.) to know; (arch.) to reign; (arch.) to govern (a country)
evading blame by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
just now; at this moment; at this point of time
record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
useless; vain; aimless; idle
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
mumbling; muttering; complaining (continuously) about something
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing
much less; to say nothing of
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
already; now; no longer; not any more
habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
bashing; fierce criticism; bussing; busing; removing dirty dishes from tables in a restaurant
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
desperately; for one's dear life
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe
to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
to gather; to collect; to assemble
line (of text); row; carya (austerities); samskara (formations); semi-cursive style (of writing Chinese characters); running style
number of characters; character count
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
reducing the number of mouths one needs to feed (esp. by giving up children for adoption, apprenticeship, etc.)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback