to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
infinity; infinitude; eternity; infinite; limitless
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
what's what; heads or tails
private office; private practice
being very busy; busyness
writing; book; (literary) work
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
newspaper story (article, account)
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
to refer to; to use as reference
based on; built on; made from
depiction; description; portrayal
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
spider's thread; spider silk
egoistic; self-centered; selfish
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
famous book; masterpiece (literary work)
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
small number; few; minority
sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
to make a lasting impression
to say; to tell; to state; to do
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
conference; consultation; discussion; negotiation
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death