even if; even though; wow
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
to complain; to make a complaint
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
leather covering or binding
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
secret art; the mysteries
to collect information; to gather knowledge
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
notes; comment; remark; annotation
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
manner of using one's hands
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to practice magic; to practise magic