iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to talk; to chat; to chatter
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
gazing at (in wonderment)
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
young person; youth; young
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
to pay attention; to be watchful
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
utter failure; gross mistake; wrong guess
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
any more; any further; any better; any longer
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to serve; to work for; to attend
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate