to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
genuine article; real thing; real deal
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
on countless occasions; many a time
accumulation; accumulate; store
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
specialization; specialisation
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
self-indulgence; doing as one pleases
to anticipate; to foresee
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes
grounding (in a skill or subject); knowledge; training; achievements; attainments; accomplishments
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)