disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
paper-thin wafer (for wrapping powdered medicine, candies, etc.)
slightly (blushing); suddenly (getting bright, flaring up, flashing on, etc.); distractedly
to feel hot; to flush; to burn
very popular; highly favoured
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
furious facial expression
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
littering; (carelessly) tossing away
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
demon-infested place; ominous place; mysterious, unfrequented area; den of iniquity
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
complete change; about-face
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
drainage; draining; pumping out (water); displacement
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
final; eventual; ultimate
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
-less; lacking; non-existing
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path