cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
frame; framework; outline
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
compensating; making up for; supplementation
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
a short time ago; a while ago; for some time
bakery; baker; pastry shop
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
excellence; superiority; preeminence; prevalence
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
number of times; frequency; count
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to pick up
the same night; that night
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
match; game; bout; contest
charming; fascinating; attractive
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
strap (often decorative for key-holder, mobile phones, etc.)
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
person from the same province, town, village, etc.
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
show; exhibition; spectacle
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
you could say; you might say; verging on the
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily