interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
jokingly; in the form of a joke
convention; tired tradition; old custom
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
talk; conversation; dialogue
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
to deal with a large number
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
being left out; being ostracized
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
affection (esp. parental); love; fondness
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small