origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
holding hands with fingers interlocked
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
offense and defense; offence and defence
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
hiding one's embarrassment
joint struggle; common (united) front
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
to unfold; to unroll; to open
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
to speak; to hear a voice
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to be born; to come into the world
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
family; relatives; dependents; household
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
deviant; deviate; pervert; weirdo
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation