main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to cut one's own throat; to dig one's own grave; to cause oneself harm; to bring ruin on oneself
by all means; at all costs
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
to increase; to add to; to augment
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
cardboard box; carton; corrugated box
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
how many people; a number of people
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
(having) two choices; choice between two things
forking the rook while checking the king
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
excessive self-consciousness; excessively self-conscious person
to fail to die (after attempting suicide); to fail to kill oneself; to come close to dying; to be almost killed; to survive (when others died); to outlive others
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to find out; to discover; to locate
cooperativeness; spirit of cooperation
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
handshake; reconciliation; joining hands; cooperation
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
on and after; from ... onward; since
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
if you think about it; come to think of it
and so; therefore; for that reason
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; (opponent's) weak point; (arch.) force attacking the rear of a castle; (arch.) official in charge of imprisoning offenders