end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
sense of justice; feeling of righteousness; moral sense
day and night; around the clock
to be led by; to be headed by
overloading (someone; with work); overworking (someone); overwhelming; flooding (e.g. with tasks)
ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
large crowd; large herd; large flock; large school; large shoal; large swarm
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress
being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other
important person; strategic person; key figure
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole
to differ depending on ...
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
cease-fire; truce; armistice
under the orders of; by order (command)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
immediately; at once; right away; directly; in person; first hand
to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
divide; parting; carrying two bundles tied together over one's shoulder; hair parted in the middle
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity