best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
profiting while others fight
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
finishing blow; coup de grâce
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
tool; implement; means; furniture
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to have one's hair stand on end
condition; state (of health); appearance
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
withdrawal; secession; separation; breakaway
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to play a leading role; to play a central part
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
splinters of glass; glass shards
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
hair (of the head); pubic hair
a disgrace (to a whole group of people)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
by sheer strength; by brute force
to surge; to well up; to gush out
in deep black; in jet black
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of