to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
phantom; vision; illusion
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to cuddle; to comfort; to rock; to soothe; to dandle; to humor
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure
useless resistance; vain struggle
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
like this; in this way; as you see
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
birth; creation; formation
age thirty; one's thirties
to make one's own; to take possession of
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to