close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
genius; prodigy; natural gift
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
orphan; person without friends
secret understanding; collusion
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
entreaty; appeal; petition
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to toady; to be obsequious
smoothly; easily; readily
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to hold fast; to protect to the end
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
psychic trauma; psychological trauma
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
long ago; a long time ago; already
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
older brother; elder brother
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
settlement; solution; resolution
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information