followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
completely using up ...; running out of ...; exhausting ...
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
to get angry; to get mad; to be angular; to be square
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to move forward; to move on
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
formation; molding; making (up); repair (e.g. with plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
pendant (jewelry); pendant (light)
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to strum (an instrument); to thrum; to pluck
root; source; origin; cause
regret; remorse; repentance; contrition
deep-rooted delusion; firm conviction (based on incorrect beliefs)
to be too late; to be too slow
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding