war; battle; match; game; competition
good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green
acknowledgment; acknowledgement; letter of thanks
decision; ruling; award; arbitration
to blame; to find fault with
he; she; that guy; that; that one; that thing
speaking of ...; as for ...
bright; cheerful; in high spirits; clear (sky); cloudless; sunny
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
not knowing when to let go (give up, etc.); unwilling to resign; having lingering attachment; regretful
by sheer strength; by brute force
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
on the occasion of; at the time of
name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; moral duty; justification; pretext
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to be hurt (of honour, reputation, etc.); to be harmed; to be sullied
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
homosexuality; homosexual love
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
temple; shrine; sanctuary
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
taste; liking; preference
without omission; in full
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
(this) small amount; (such a) paltry amount; only this much; slightest bit
obscene; indecent; salacious; lascivious; lewd
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
heir; inheritor; successor
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
homosexual (person); gay person
pregnancy; conception; gestation
good things come to those who wait; (lit.) if you wait, there will come a fine day for taking the sea route
ceremonious; unduly distant (e.g. towards a friend); overly formal; reserved
with a bang bang (e.g. repeated sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace; with great vigor
to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
to mow down; to cut down; to slash (horizontally); to make a clean sweep; to sweep away; to brush away
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)