midway; halfway through; in the course of
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
stretcher; litter (medical); gurney
dark elf (fictional race)
perpetual youth and longevity
kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
long operating life; long service life; long life
to provide; to arrange; to install
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
a certain someone; Mr So-and-so
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
euphoria; eudemonia; euphoric
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
should not be; must not be
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to desire; to want; to wish for; to covet
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to ask for money; to put the touch on someone
splashing (water); splashing about; vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); greatly (using or making money)
vitality; energy; dynamism
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
theatre; theater; playhouse
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)