one end; an end; part; fragment
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
way out; means to escape; escape route
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
heavy rain; torrential rainfall; downpour
binoculars; field glasses
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
as planned; according to plan
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; wasting time; waste of time
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to build a nest; to nest; to hang out (of a bad group); to be based (in); to lodge (in one's mind; of an evil thought, delusion, etc.); to be planted
price; cost; value; worth; value
patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
before one knows; unnoticed; unawares
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
tidal hour; right time (to do something); opportunity; chance
perfectly ordered; perfectly coordinated
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
... years old; age (of) ...
adult; grown-up; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop