to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
impossible; unlikely; improbable
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
sweatshirt; sweatpants; sweats; sweat
to ask; to enquire; to query
for example; for instance; e.g.
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
descendant; posterity; offspring
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
fine food; high-quality food; gourmet; epicure; gastronome
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)
eating only a little; having a small appetite
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)
long ago; once upon a time
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
bedroom (esp. one used by a married couple); sleeping quarters; inner room; room at the back of the house
sound (of a sentence); euphony
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)