to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
author; writer; novelist; artist
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
handstand; headstand; being upside down; being in reverse
romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
another; different; something else
to think of; to come up with
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
to be found; to be discovered
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll
to speak; to say; to vocalize
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
to pass (of time); to elapse
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time