putting an end to; bringing to a close; person who opens and closes the curtains (in a theatre)
voice change; voice break
common knowledge; well-known fact
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
covert action; covert operations
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
to take command; to give direction
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
log; dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to succeed; to bear fruit
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
towering; astonishingly high
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
right in the middle (of); midst; height
great victory; crushing victory
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to fight to the bitter end
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
very much; very many; more and more
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
to run down (stairs, etc.)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen