beginning of the world; creation
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
switching over to; migration; transition
cesspool; sink; manure sink
moment; brief space of time
to part left and right; to open out
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection
to begin shooting; to shoot out
color of honey (colour); honey-colored; honey-coloured
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
wise person; virtuous person; sage; unrefined sake
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
consequently; as a result
to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to go on the defensive; to play it safe
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
vexing; irritating; impatient
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
contrived; false-sounding
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
supreme command; direction over all
to be afraid of making mistakes; to fear failing