descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
to be able to manage somehow or another
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
continuously; constantly; incessantly
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
attaching and detaching; putting on and removing
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
one's long-cherished desire
to bring back; to restore
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
freedom; free man; free woman
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
timewise; temporal; chronal
illusion; fallacy; delusion
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to cut; to slit; to cut open
directions; instructions; orders; command
outblooming even a flower (of a young girl); (lit.) even the flower blushes (before her beauty)
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
tinder; touchwood; charcloth