at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
brute; beast; monster; inhuman person; ungrateful person
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
extermination; expulsion; destruction
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
secret; private; surreptitious
man; male; masculine gender
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
to snatch from; to steal from
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)