tedious; boring; being fed up with
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
curious; strange; unusual
child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
truly; really; genuinely; indeed
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
in that way; like that; that way
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
senior; veteran; old-timer
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
figure; design; twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; style (of writing); figure (of speech); design
breathing of a sleeping person
to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up
occurrence; happening; incident; event
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
outside world; physical world
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
being startled; getting a shock
to jump; to leap; to splash (of oil, mud, etc.); to spatter; to burst; to crack open
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
to watch over; to keep watch over; to keep an eye on; to watch intently; to stare; to gaze
how much; how many; to what extent
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
long ago; a long time ago; already
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue