sympathy; empathy; response
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
germination; sprouting; budding
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to find out; to discover; to locate
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
at the last moment; this late in the game
physical strength; muscle strength
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!
far away in the distance; in the far distance
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
to fight with swords; to cross swords
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit
to cover fully; to wrap around
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
metabolism; renewal; regeneration; replacing the old with the new
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again