(received) favor, kindness or blessing (favour)
reward; honorarium; remuneration
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
finish; finishing; finishing touches
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
carrying (child) under arm
floor above; floor upstairs
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
fortitude; perseverance; stoicism; patience
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to beat fast (of one's heart); to flutter (with joy, anticipation, etc.); to throb; to pound; to palpitate
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
degenerate; pervert; deviant
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
relation; relative; kind; cordial
wild beast; wild animal; brute
instead; but (on the other hand)
assistance; backing; reinforcements
to reflect; to throw back light
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful