nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
rising; ascending; climbing
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
curse; spell; malediction
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
form; shape; figure; visage
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
this world; this life; world of the living
many; a lot; much; multitude
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to bring; to take; to bring about
ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
right of center (politically); right-leaning; tending to the right
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
society; the world; the times