simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
counter for tours, cycles, rounds, circuits, etc.
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
tradition; legend; folklore
dozens; scores of; decades
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
high dimension; higher dimensions
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
to accept; to receive; to agree
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
having said that; on the other hand
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited