basis; foundation; grounds; authority
full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself
not limited to; not just ...
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
gathering up the ashes of the deceased
election; selection; choice
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
firm; unshakeable; resolute
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
metallic sound; metallic clank
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
(seriously and slightly) injured persons; people with serious and minor injures
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to be injured; to sustain a wound
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)