to be dampened; to be discouraged; to be weakened; to be reduced
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
to be reminded of; to call to mind
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
at that time; in those days
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
only; merely; but; no more than
second day of the month; two days
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
originally; by nature; from the start
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
much less; to say nothing of
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
simply (cannot); definitely (cannot); absolutely (cannot); by no means
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
future; possible; potential; prospective
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
intelligence agency; secret service
going through; going via; going by way of
almost every day; almost daily
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to investigate; to examine
news; word; tidings; omen
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)