spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
excess or deficiency; too much or too little
hostile nature; inimical character
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
maintaining the status quo
together with; same; both; all; including ...
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
(an) adult their age (should, should not, etc.); grown man (woman); person who is old enough (to know better)
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
preliminary arrangements; spade work
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
to be sacked; to be dismissed
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
to understand; to be satisfied; to be convinced
to scold severely; to thunder against; to give someone hell
to shake off; to throw off
Tuesday; fire (second of the five elements)
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
fear; dread; fright; willies
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
garden (esp. man-made); orchard; park; place; location
to drive away; to scatter; to rout