to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
catercorner; diagonally opposite
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
several minutes; a few minutes
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
accumulation; accumulate; store
proportion; proportional representation section (of an election)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
sooner or later; in time; eventually
last ray of hope; only hope
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
how; in what way; by what means
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
archery; mapping; map; morphism
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
optimist; easy-going person
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
sword; blade; single stroke
to be no match for; to not hold a candle to
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
removal (of a building, equipment, etc.); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (a stage set, camp, etc.); withdrawal (of troops); pulling out; evacuation
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy