to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
is that so?; I see; right; oh
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
wooden doll; wooden figure; puppet; blockhead; good-for-nothing
to repeat; to do over again
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably
alien (from another planet)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
on the occasion of; at the time of
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
stirring; rousing oneself
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
being declared the winner of a bout
role of the villain; the bad guy
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon