spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
study; learning; tutorial
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
absorption; suction; attraction
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
study of foreign languages; linguistics
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to be absorbed in reading
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
softly; mildly; gently; politely
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
how long; how far; how much
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to forget everything; to lose one's memory (e.g. of a period); to black out
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
thought; consideration; thinking
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
invitation; introduction; temptation
feeling keenly; fully realizing
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
general; overall; across-the-board
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing