pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
office hours; business hours; working hours
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
last days; the end; one's fate
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
exclusive; attached to; specialist
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
one person; another name; nickname; alias
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
breath; sign (of something new and fresh); breath (of spring, fresh air, etc.); vitality
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
scripture; passage from scripture
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances