orpiment (yellow mineral, or the pigment derived from it); gamboge (tree resin, or the dull yellow pigment derived from it); falsification; alteration
mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary; Our Lady
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
long ago; a long time ago; already
to finish; to end; to close
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack; making another attempt with redoubled efforts
look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
no need to finish what you're saying; say no more; I can guess the rest already
like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; (lit.) the child of a frog is a frog
to yell; to shout; to scream; to bawl
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
Labor Thanksgiving Day (national holiday; November 23)
height of summer; hottest part of summer
living together; coexistence
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
to remain married for life; to live as a married couple until death; to succeed in marrying
clingingly; (stuck) together; (pressed) all the way down; (flopping) down
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
breakthrough; great discovery
private affairs; personal matter
favorite; favourite; habitually used
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
to make lively; to enliven; to make exciting
1G; first generation (of wireless cellular technology)
to find fault with; to question