to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister
as you can imagine; as you might guess
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
middle of the night; dead of night
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
several people; a few people
consideration; taking into account
such; like that; in that way
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to send or direct a person to
to be injured; to sustain a wound
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
as if nothing had happened
to employ; to hire; to charter
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
somewhat below; slightly below
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
using together (jointly); used at the same time
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)