palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
heir; inheritor; successor
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to draw (someone) close to one's breast; to pull close to one; to take into one's arms; to embrace
forevermore; for eternity
several weeks; a few weeks
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.); ecdysis
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
fittings that open and close (doors, windows, shoji, fusuma, etc.); fixtures
scattering (in all directions)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
solving a riddle; solving a mystery
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to figure out; to get an idea
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
innermost depths of one's heart
such; like that; in that way
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
that is to say; so that means
objection; dissent; protest
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it