1 end of term

1 tip

2 end

3 final stage

4 latter part

5 inessential detail

6 powder

7 dust

8 opera role of old man

1 Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology)

1 weekend

1 golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty

1 lit. only one branch of the tree is thriving (idiom)

2 fig. to be in a league of one's own

3 outstanding

1 lit. an arrow at the end of its flight (idiom)

2 fig. spent force

1 to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)

2 to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details

1 to become bogged down in the details (idiom)

1 lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect

2 to stress the incidental over the fundamental

3 to put the cart before the horse