vague recollection; faint memory
third stage; three stages
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to arrive; to come to pass
futsal; form of indoor 5-a-side football (soccer)
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
epidemic; plague; pestilence
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
discipline; training; teaching manners
to strip; to peel; to tear off
death from cold; freezing to death
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated
support; backing; patronage
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to knock down; to utterly defeat
internal bleeding; internal haemorrhage; internal hemorrhage
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
(wet) compress; poultice; fomentation
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
(clenched) fist; knuckles
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
recently; lately; these days
exactly as stated; verbatim
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with