to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
posterity; future life; life to come
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
how long; how far; how much
every year; yearly; annually
rising; ascending; climbing
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
smack in the middle; perfect strike; bull's eye; perfect (for something or someone); just right; just the way one likes it
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth
to lie down; to throw oneself down
sympathy; empathy; response
to have a drink; to have a few drinks
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
person who gets easily elated (when praised, etc.); person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets carried away easily
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to watch steadily; to stare
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline