to forbid; to ban; to prohibit; to suppress (a feeling, laughter, etc.); to hold back (e.g. tears)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
excellent; superb; first-rate
imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
stone (of a fruit); pit; core (of an organization, team, etc.); nucleus; nuclear weapons; nucleus (of an atom); nucleus (of a cell)
heeding; paying attention; bearing in mind
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour