1 unceasing

2 uninterrupted

3 continuous

4 constant

1 (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but

2 then

3 standard

4 norm

5 principle

6 to imitate

7 to follow

8 classifier for written items

1 if not

2 otherwise

3 else

4 or else

1 to break

2 to snap

3 to cut off

4 to give up or abstain from sth

5 to judge

6 (usu. used in the negative) absolutely

7 definitely

8 decidedly

1 firm

2 decisive

1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)

2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)

1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)

1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)

1 to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom)

2 once bitten, twice shy

1 wastage makes one destitute (idiom)