to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
how; in what way; by what means
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
business ability; business acumen
heir; inheritor; successor
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
property; fortune; means; assets
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to spend time (on doing something)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
test (of ability, knowledge, etc.); exam; test (of performance, quality, etc.); trial; rehearsal
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
close; intimate; on good terms
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
self-control; self-restraint
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect