artifact spirit; in folk belief, long-lived objects (household objects, living beings, nature, etc.) become inhabited by a spirit
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
collection of books; (personal) library
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
besides; in addition; also; moreover
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
waste of time; killing time
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to comfort; to console; to amuse
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
many; much; plenty; hardly
to sow seeds; to sow the seeds of ... (e.g. conflict)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
(with a) mindset as if one were playing a video game; thinking of (treating) something as though it were a game
to recall; to remember; to recollect
original method or procedure; serious; orthodox; classical
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
terrain; geographical features; topography
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
creation; generation; formation; derivation
reset; fresh start; new beginning