ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
to search for; to seek for; to look for
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to cut (into two or more pieces)
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
without doubt; certain; sure
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
intuition; instinct; hunch
delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver
easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax
playing with words; frivolous speech; flippant remarks; glib talk; verbosity
part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
true character; real nature
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to cut; to slit; to cut open
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
gold and jewels; precious object
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
dirty mind; conniving mind; self-interested thinking
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
refutation; rebuttal; retort
to suppress (a smile, yawn, etc.); to stifle; to bite to death
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
soon; before long; in the near future
high-spec; highly competitive (on the dating scene, e.g. by having a high income, being good-looking); ticking all the boxes
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
eve (esp. Christmas Eve); the night before