returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
periodic; regular; routine
arrest; apprehension; capture
besides; moreover; in addition
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
origin of an affair; spark that lit the fuse; beginning
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
ignorant of the ways of the world
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
god of death; death deity; Death
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
that's a different matter; that's a different story
reason; cause; circumstances
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
on the occasion of; at the time of
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
having in mind; happening to know of; idea