graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
great writer; major writer
to succeed in doing; to see through; to manage to do; to finish doing
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
original (document, copy, work, text, etc.); root; origin; source
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
literal translation; direct translation
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
critic; reviewer; commentator
changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
kind; sort; species; species
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
enmity; antagonism; hostility; feuding (with); being at odds (with)
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
gradualism; slow-and-steady policy
more harm than good; harmful and of no use
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
majority decision; majority vote; majority rule