pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
almost every day; almost daily
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
useless; vain; aimless; idle
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
meaning; connotation; denotation
fresh; refreshing; invigorating; clear (e.g. voice); fluent; eloquent
light; easy; non-serious; minor
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
fine weather; fair weather
to border; to fringe; to hem; to edge
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
undoubted; unmistakable; definite
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
most difficult; next to impossible
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
to be prolonged; to drag on
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
to originate with; to start with; to stem from
to repay double the original amount; to repay x times the original amount
whether or not; presence or absence
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
by today; before the day is over
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress