joint-locking technique (in judo)
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line
appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
famous; celebrated; worthy of the name
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
to slip out (of words, remarks, etc.); to pour from one's lips; to blurt out
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to put into writing; to write
laziness; indolence; misfeasance; nonfeasance; kausidya
at once; there and then; immediately
independent action; acting alone
by hook or by crook; by all possible means
hornworm (caterpillar of a hawk moth); (hairless) caterpillar
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
having the same family name and given name (as someone else)
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
established policy; existing procedures
to find out; to dig up; to sniff out; to worm out; to pry out; to spy out
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
delay; putting off; procrastination
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); suddenly (appearing, coming out, etc.); distractedly; absentmindedly
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
infancy; childhood; tender age
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life