to pay attention; to be watchful
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
surroundings; circumference
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
thickly; viscously; sleepily; drowsily; dozing off
morning star; Venus; preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
directly opposite; right in front
clear; precise; definite; distinct
how long; how far; how much
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to be too numerous; to be too much
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
explanation; interpretation
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
root; source; origin; cause
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to