echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to get in someone's pocket; to help oneself to someone's wallet; to curry favour (favor); to butter up; to get in close to one's opponent
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
stickiness; viscosity; tenacity; persistence
because; for; the reason why is ...
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
unsuspended prison sentence; prison sentence with no stay of execution
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
act of self-harm; self-injurious behavior; self-injurious behaviour
self-mutilation; self-injury
well-behaved (model) prisoner; trusty (trustee)
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
enclosure; fence; storage (of fruit, vegetables, etc.); partitioned area of a room for conducting tea ceremonies; mistress; castle
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)