begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
charming; fascinating; beautiful; elegant; graceful; sweet
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to pluck; to pick; to tear
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
several minutes; a few minutes
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
nasal plug; wedge (in tusk mortise-and-tenon joint); wooden pin driven through tenon to hold it in place
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
counter for books; volume
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
platoon commander; section commander
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
match; game; bout; contest
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to be born; to come into the world
prison guard; warder; jailer; gaoler
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
peremptory command; must-obey order; absolute instruction; categorical imperative
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about