sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
all pain, no gain; doing no good and a lot of harm; having no redeeming features; being a complete disadvantage; (lit.) a hundred harms and not a single gain
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
simple; simplified; easy; plain
interior; inside; internal
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
dukedom; duchy; principality
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
border (between countries); national border
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
flying column; detached force
discovery; detection; finding
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow