retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
transplant surgery; transplant operation
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
fixed interval; fixed period
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
very likely; very probable
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
since then; from that time; ever since
one's own child; one's own children
to care for someone; to look after someone
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
clear; precise; definite; distinct
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis