to stop; to quit; to put an end to
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
person obsessed with thoughts of sex; being obsessed with love or lust
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
administration costs; administrative expenses; management costs
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
shelving (a matter, plan, etc.); pigeonholing; tabling; keeping (goods) off the market (to adjust the supply-demand balance)
official name; formal name
exchange; currency exchange; bureau de change; exchange rate
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
assessment (of value, damages, etc.); scrutiny (of budget requests, etc.); revision (of a budget)
sound; tone; note; ring; chirp
reduced scale; scaling down
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
friend; companion; acquaintance; friendship; companionship
copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
calabash (Lagenaria siceraria); bottle gourd; gourd (container); calabash
dispute; conflict; trouble; unrest; strife
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to tame (an animal); to domesticate
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
offense; offence; method of attack
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
artificial island city; floating city
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to play with fire; to do something very dangerous; to take a great risk; (lit.) to step on a tiger's tail
rewards and punishments; rewarding good conduct and punishing evildoing