useless; worthless; silly; trivial
to mark the end; to spell the end
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
sweet voice; seductive voice
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
when it becomes; when it comes to
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to boil strongly; to be excited
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
to come and go; to go back and forth
circulation (esp. of documents); sending round
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
sect; denomination; school (e.g. of poetry)
order of chivalry; chivalric order
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place