aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
firm; strong; solid; stable
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
dozens; scores of; decades
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
several times; a few times
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
small change; coins; small sum of money
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
shop; small store; business; firm
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know