falling of the curtain; (coming to an) end; close
before one could; in no time at all; without a gap
smelling burnt; tasting burnt; having a burnt smell
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
questions and answers; dialogue
outbreak of war; starting a war
way of murdering; killing method; way of using a sword
main constituent; core; nucleus; subject
falsehood and truth; fiction and fact
great mountain; large mountain
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
to crush; to squash; to overpower; to beat; to crush
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
to make a display of one's originality (eccentricity); to deliberately act oddly (e.g. to get attention)
audience; attendance; hearers
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
way of reciting; way of telling a story
personality; style; appearance
to ask a question of (a person)
irrational (line of) argument
moment (of time); instant; opportunity; chance; moment
batting style; batting form; swing; way of striking the ball; way of swinging the racket
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
to fight each other; to clash
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
(human) embodiment (of); incarnation (of)
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number