to fight each other; to clash
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
half asleep and half awake; trance; dream and reality
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
individual; private person; personal; natural person
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
society; company; the public; the world
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
besides; moreover; in addition; to make matters worse
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable