helper; assistant; help; assistance
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
older brother and younger sister
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
wish; desire; ambition; choice
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
means; way; method; measure
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
more than one can possibly use; countless (e.g. examples); (money) to burn; rolling in (cash)
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
beyond one's means or position
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
university student; college student
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that)
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder