same kind (race); homogeneousness
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
rest; break; recess; intermission
fighting windmills; tilting at windmills; mimicking a wrestling match by oneself (as a form of street performance, etc.)
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
complete recovery of health
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
miserable; wretched; lonely; dreary; shabby; comfortless
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to ask a question; to ask questions
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure
speculation; thinking; meditation
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
return present; return gift; something done in return (as way of thanks); retaliation; revenge
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
be that as it may; even so; though that be so