direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
apparently; from what I have heard; they say; you know; I hear
fall; crash (of an aircraft)
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
head over heels; headlong; head first
bedside; near one's pillow
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
rescue worker; emergency rescue team member; ambulance attendant; paramedic
stretcher; litter; gurney
personage; person (deserving of respect)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder; exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict
to do (something negative); to make (a blunder); to commit (an error); to eat (up); to drink
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
application (of a rule, law, method, etc.)
end of life; death; breathing one's last
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
starting from scratch; making a fresh start; redoing; calling again; visiting again
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
extraordinary; unusual; strange; unexpected
the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected
repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year
overlap; duplication; doubling
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
graduation ceremony; commencement
all one has; all one's possessions
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds