to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
bending and stretching; flexing and extending
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to hang; to suspend; to dangle; to swing; to carry
very short and stout; small but quite wide around
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
(kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering; to get into a panic; to make a fuss; to make a scene
stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
veil of darkness; curtain of night
to get used (to); to get familiar with; to get skillful with
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
skewer; spit; skewering; impalement; running through (e.g. with spear)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to raise one's voice; to shout
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)