confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
sincere; honest; faithful
diligent; hard-working; industrious
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
longed-for; anxiously awaited
story; tale; talk; discussion
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
the latter; the second; successor; descendant
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
lovely; sweet; pretty; cute; adorable
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
sign; indication; omen; symptom
tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
to run up to; to rush over
pipe; tube; bobbin (in a shuttle or spinning wheel)
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
to be infected; to be contagious
with a slamming noise (e.g. door, telephone receiver); with a banging noise; with a clash; with a clank; with a bang
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way