to gather; to (pick up and) collect; to glean (information)
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
to dash off (a piece of writing); to scribble; to scrawl
swindler; imposter; crook
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
infant; baby; little child
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
few decades; many decades; several decades
laws (of nature); (divine) providence
epidemic; plague; pestilence
calamity; disaster; misfortune
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to have a smattering knowledge of
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
to knead well; to polish; to refine
evangelist; evangelistic worker
unexplained; unsolved; unclear
origin; beginning; source
one theory; one opinion; another theory
deeply religious; devout; godly; faithful
blind (devotion, faith, etc.); reckless
good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
to run down (stairs, etc.)
unable to speak (due to overwhelming emotion); soundless; mute
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
a little bit; a little while
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
to have a comeback for every remark; to be always ready with excuses; to contradict everything