going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to make one's way into; to push one's way into; to force one's way though; to push through
(about) ninety percent (finished, complete, etc.); nearly; almost; almost certainly; in all probability; ten to one
one's course; one's path; one's road
profundity; extensive (knowledge)
settlement; solution; resolution
(work) hard; unceasingly; strenuously; assiduously; busily; ardently
a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
burnt mountain; dormant volcano
dry riverbed; river beach
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
water content; moisture; water vapor (vapour); steam; dropsy; edema
standing tall; towering; soaring
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to whine; to sing; to chirp
ominous atmosphere; ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
creeping plant; creeper; vine; liana; liane
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
business started by an ancestor; inherited business
greatness; excellence; magnificence
to meet; to assemble; to gather; to encounter; to run into
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
protection; defence; support; safeguarding; championship; vindication
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
few decades; many decades; several decades
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
to see; to look; to watch
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity
oracle; revelation; divine message