imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
evil thought; malicious motive
gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
incubus; succubus; demon appearing in a dream
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
temptress; vamp; siren; femme fatale; evil woman; she-devil
to digress; to stray from the subject; to miss the target; to fly wide of the mark
battlecry; cheer; cry where one breathes in a large volume of air and then releases it suddenly in a loud cry; rushing at the enemy
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
expert(ise); skill; dexterity
bedroom; (woman's) bedchamber; pillow talk
Bolu (Turkey); Bor (Russia)
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
what kind of business; what sort of matter
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
to manage; to arrange; to talk over; to dispose of
to become decrepit and ugly with age
to be nearing death; to be dying
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
each and all; every single one; everybody
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself