mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
(juvenile) delinquent; Yankee; Yank; American
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
before it happens; beforehand
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
guess; speculation; supposition
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre
complete set (of volumes); every volume; whole volume; whole film; whole reel
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to shake one's head (in disagreement); to disagree; to refuse; to say no; to turn down (a request)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to accept; to receive; to agree
to complain; to make a complaint
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate
branch; branch office; subdivision
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
belief; faith; conviction
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
craving; longing; thirsting
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion