stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
main; principal; chief; primary; major
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
possession; dependency; territory; dominion
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
even though it is not; despite not
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
irritation; annoyance; frustration
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to tuck (e.g. sleeves); to roll up
to wriggle; to writhe; to squirm; to scrawl
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
extensive; vast range; wide scope
to lurk; to hover in the background; to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously
to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)
odds and ends; all; every
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
half the body; half length
to suppress one's emotions
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
change; transformation; inversion