sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
to talk (a person) down; to confute
allegiance; obedience; submission
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
to invite in; to show someone in
color of flames; colour of flames
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to leap out (e.g. onto the stage); to spring out; to jump (e.g. into first place); to shoot (e.g. to the top); to come to the forefront
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
looking on (somebody) as hostile
appropriate; suitable; proper; fitting
opening; gap; dried and opened fish
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
likes and dislikes; pickiness (about food); choosiness; fussiness; tastes; preferences
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
in history; ever; historical
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to take back; to recapture
each and every one of them; every last one of them; all a bunch of
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
to temper thoroughly; to train well
nature; property; disposition
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
this world; earthly world; secular society; ordinary world; everyday life; workaday world
recklessness; daredevilry; rashness; (arch.) long-lasting
regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
how others look at you; what others think about you