Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 March 2025
The end of the matter, the final issue, the upshot of it
Outside
Outside of, apart from
Supernatural
Extraordinary
The specific and the general, high and low, all people, everybody
The upper class
The most select elite
High and low, all men, all, everybody
Especially for that reason
To rush into battle
To delve into exegesis
To address s.o. on an intimate first-name basis
To call s.o. up
To risk one’s life
To fear s.o., be afraid of s.o.
To lower one›s voice
To lower one’s voice
East and West
Devoid of
Unoccupied, uninhabited
Unemployed
Useless
To be uppermost in s.o.’s heart
To glance furtively at s.o.
To befall, attack s.o. (pain, etc.)
Unrestrained, uninhibited, debauchee
Empty-handed
Vacant, free, empty-handed
To break a contract, a trust
He didn’t have enough money, his pocket had a hole in it
To deceive one’s wife
To break a contract, a trust
Success eluded him
Completely devastated
Empty-handed, without a catch
Alarmed by, apprehensive of
To sink in sand
That which is hidden in the earth, natural resources
To stamp the ground (of animals)
To knock on the door
He struck out blindly at them (with a cane)
God made him impervious (to guidance)
To damage s.o.’s reputation
To mislead, dupe s.o.
To till or cultivate the soil
To be at s.o.’s beck and call
To serve s.o.’s interest
For the sake of truth, in the interest of truth
He rendered him many services
Turn to the right!
He prostrated himself before him
He fell at his feet
To fall to the ground
To come up to s.o. with, confront s.o. with
To be an exception to (a principle)
To be derailed, run off the track
To lose one’s self-control
To get out of a tight spot
To be put out of service or commission
To overcome s.th. successfully
To recover nicely from s.th.
The crowd went forth as one man
To go beyond what is ordinary or customary
Stupidity
Eye of a needle
Violation of a rule
Abnormality, irregularity
To drive, ram s.th. to the ground
To make s.o. subservient to one’s will (lit. insert the nose ring for the bridle)
A humiliating defeat
God made him sink into the ground, God made the ground swallow him up
Beat it! Scram!
To lower one’s eyes
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