shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares
last days; the end; one's fate
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to wash away; to rinse off
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to pile up; to accumulate
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
container; receptacle; vessel; packaging
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
manuscript (book); written copy of a book; codex; transcription; copying
two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; cut from the same cloth
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)
watering hole; watering place
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
magic sword; cursed sword
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
guard; security (officer); guardsman
on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail