demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
scale; scope; plan; structure
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
even though; despite; notwithstanding
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
commander; commanding officer; CO
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
then; and (then); in that case; if so
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
licking; lapping up; (eating up) quickly; gobbling up
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
other self; alter ego; to be split off (of a part of oneself); to clone oneself; incarnations of Buddha
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
middle of the night; dead of night
entreaty; appeal; petition
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
(turned out) all right in the end
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
to brave a danger; to take a risk