boiled (e.g. eggs, potatoes)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
foothold; footing; position; standing; ground
trip abroad; overseas travel
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
each time it happens; at all such times
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
president (of a society); chairman
to recommend; to endorse (e.g. a candidate); to infer (from); to deduce; to think (something) through; to ponder deeply
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
creation; Creation (by God)
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
other; another; over; more than; I; me
foreign; abroad; overseas
exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular
prolific (writer, artist, etc.); productive; producing many works; writing prolifically
one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
early (days); initial stage; initial
bizarre; strange; weird; grotesque
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
future years; in (one's) later years
(one's) youth; one's younger days
(historical) investigation