eight (long cylindrical things)
 companions;  friends;  comrades;  mates;  partners
 frantic;  frenetic;  inevitable death;  brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
 attack;  assault;  raid;  criticism;  censure;  denunciation
 creaking;  groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
 to crush (with one's hands);  to kill a proposal;  to shelve;  to table (remove from consideration)
 to break off;  to come to an end;  to be interrupted;  to be cut short;  to pause
 to fall down;  to drop;  to be omitted;  to be missing;  to decrease;  to sink;  to fail (e.g. exam or class)
 form;  shape;  figure;  visage
 to build up;  to establish;  to form;  to become (a state);  to accomplish;  to achieve;  to change into
 to let fly;  to make fly;  to skip over;  to leave out;  to run fast;  to drive fast;  to spray
 same;  similar;  (just) like;  equal
 simulated experience;  simulation
 reality;  actuality;  hard fact
 to whine;  to make feeble complaints
 to save up;  to stockpile;  to stash away;  to hoard;  to amass;  to salt away
 to gulp down;  to swallow deeply;  to understand;  to take in;  to engulf;  to swallow up
 character (of a person);  personality;  disposition;  characteristics;  nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
 simple;  easy;  uncomplicated;  brief;  quick;  light
 to get mended;  to be repaired;  to return to normal;  to recover (e.g. one's temper);  to be corrected;  to get put right;  to come right
 as many as one likes;  as much as one likes;  great many;  plenty;  almost (none);  (not) much
 container;  case;  receptacle;  coffin;  casket
 restoration;  repair;  mending
 given that ... it is only natural that ...;  ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...;  (precisely) because ...;  contrary to expectations ...
 vitality;  (one's) life force
 resuscitation;  regeneration;  reformation;  rehabilitation;  playback;  regeneration (sound, etc.)
 with profound (often hidden) meaning;  pregnant with significance;  meaningful;  suggestive;  interesting
 individual;  one by one;  separate;  each
 injury;  wound;  mistake;  accident;  loss
 to bear;  to carry on one's back;  to take responsibility for;  to accept a duty;  to receive (wound);  to incur (damage)
 (medical) treatment;  care;  therapy;  cure;  remedy
 cripple;  disabled person;  invalid
 to become weak;  to decline;  to wear;  to abate;  to decay;  to wither
 explanation;  interpretation
 recognition;  awareness;  perception;  understanding;  knowledge;  cognition
 life;  existence;  (one's) working life;  career;  life force;  lifeblood
 maintenance;  preservation;  improvement
 closing part of a balance sheet;  balance of accounts
 elucidation;  explication;  explaining;  unravelling;  clarification;  understanding