The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
Metal Monkey (57th year of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)
mound; heap; hillock; burial mound; tomb; tumulus
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
look like; sound like; savor of; smack of
value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants
torture to death; torment to death
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to pass (of time); to elapse
to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
region; limits; stage; level
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to choke; to have trouble breathing
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable