instead; but (on the other hand)
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to flicker; to quiver; to waver; to sway
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
selection; choice; option
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
idea (in Platonic thought)
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
natural span of life; 250 years old
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
originally; by nature; from the start
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
marsh; swamp; wetland; being hooked (on a video game, TV show, etc.)
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
monster; monstrosity; giant; influential figure; monsterlike; over-demanding
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
somehow; for some reason or other
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
first generation; founder
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued