investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
difficult problem; challenge
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
midway; halfway through; in the course of
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
the last moment; the very end
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
imagination; supposition; guess
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to fly (with great force); to blast (e.g. into the sky); to lack common sense; to be extremely surprised (by)
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
much less; to say nothing of
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
vitality; (one's) life force
to take someone's life; to kill someone
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
birth; creation; formation
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
infection; contagion; becoming infected
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to increase; to add to; to augment