to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
towering; astonishingly high
disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
casting; cast-metal object
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
loser; defeated person; the defeated
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
in process; during execution; runtime
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
again and again; repeatedly
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
with a clink (click, clack)
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
curse; spell; malediction