swinging back; aftershock; backlash
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
silence; stillness; quietness
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to be perfectly clear (water, air, etc.); to clear up
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
heaven and earth; top and bottom
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
length (of an animal); body length
puffing (e.g. cigarette smoke); bobbing (to the surface); floating lightly
feel (of a material); texture
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
with these words; while saying
jewel; precious stone; gem
advance payment; advance delivery
gem; jewel; precious stone
how much; how many; however
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
Son of God; child of an emperor
godparent; first person to give something its name
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
first and last (time, chance, etc.); (the) only
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
in history; ever; historical