grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
shyness; bashfulness; shame
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
tendency; trend; inclination
house where one was born; one's parents' house
tenets (of a religious sect); doctrines; (religious) sect; denomination; one's principles; one's tastes
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
abstinence; self-control; celibacy; abnegation; asceticism
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
control one's desires; abstinence
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to pile up; to accumulate
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
(arch.) slow; (arch.) gradual; (arch.) steady; (arch.) calm; (arch.) composed; (arch.) relaxed
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
want to ... do something; would like to ...
personality; character; individuality; personhood
goodness; excellence; virtue
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front
towering; astonishingly high
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
sudden; unexpected; unannounced; abrupt