advance payment; money paid in advance
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
oil sands; tar sands; bituminous sands
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
scattered animal feed; ground bait
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
to be in danger of; to be liable to
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
just because; even if; even though
to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
arrogance; haughtiness; conceitedness
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
northward; facing the north; nobleman's true wife
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
goodbye; so long; saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; farewell (performance, party, etc.); final
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
sense of duty (obligation)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.