essential; important; crucial; vital; main
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
(doing) together; one lump; one mixture; the same; identical; (at) the same time
a considerable number; a fair number
bloody; gory; covered in blood; desperate; frantic
good policy; wise policy; best plan
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to be dead; to be lifeless
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
to take care of someone; to look after someone; to help; to give help where it isn't wanted; to be officious; to bother
death in battle; death on the battlefield
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to care for (the sick); to nurse; to attend (someone's deathbed)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
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 rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
to be embarrassed; to lose face
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
sublime; noble; high-minded
moderate; proper; just right
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
somehow; for some reason (or other); why