no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
powerful person; influential person
lifelike; exact resemblance
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
preface; introduction; preamble
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to say no more; to sink into silence
to break the silence; to break one's silence
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
soft; tender; limp; subdued (colour or light) (color); gentle; meek
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to become completely chilled
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
omurice; fried rice wrapped in or topped with omelette
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
feeling; sense; impression
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox