stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
decision; settlement; definition
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
God's will; Heaven's will
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
to take over; to hand over
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to cite as an example; to refer to; to quote
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
surely (not); certainly (not)
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
swindler; imposter; crook
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
infant; baby; little child
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
few decades; many decades; several decades
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
(divine) providence; dispensation
epidemic; plague; pestilence
calamity; disaster; misfortune
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name