to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
to increase; to add to; to augment
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
other side; opposite side; other party
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
popular name; common name; given name
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
reaching; attaining; arrival
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
the whole area; all areas
valley (with a river running through it); gorge; ravine; canyon
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to conquer; to subjugate; to overcome
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
people; men and women; each person; everybody
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer