exerting care; attention; consideration; thoughtfulness
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
in the same way as; just like
surroundings; environs; circumference
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.
refining; purification; careful manufacture
writing; composition; essay; sentence
culture; cultivation; cultivation (of plants); growing; cultivation (e.g. of a skill); nurture (of democracy, national power, etc.)
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
class of demons; demonic race; family of demons
another kind; different kind; distinct species
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
for work; for manufacturing
to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone
but; however; provided that
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
cannibalism (in animals); feeding on each other; cannibalization; mutually harmful competition; internecine struggle
only; merely; but; no more than
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
future years; in (one's) later years
brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot