hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
have a pain in one's chest
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to dish up; to arrange food (on a plate)
arrangement of food (on a dish); serving of (arranged) food
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
regular matches in an official tournament
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
decorative plate; palette; pallet
pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
to entrust; to leave to a person
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
posterity; future life; life to come
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to relax; to feel at home
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
rating; classification; allocation; grading
money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
way of talking; speaking style