nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
to prune; to trim; to reap (a crop) and put into storage; to harvest; to prune (a manuscript); to cut down
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
skill; dexterity; proficiency
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
carnivore; carnivorous animal
looking like (someone); taking after (either of one's parents)
unique; peculiar; singular
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to dazzle; to make dizzy; to bewilder
inability to discern the truth due to conflicting testimony
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
disturbance; riot; mayhem
dawning (of a new era); dawn
I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but
survival; survivor; relic
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
nothing but; none other than
viewing as a problem; problematizing
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
nervous breakdown; neurosis; sickness from anxiety
way of speaking; intimation
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
experimental; provisional
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
not long has passed since ...
league; federation; union; alliance