pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery
change; transition; vicissitudes
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
individual; private person; personal; private
beginning; outset; first; onset
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
ancient time; age of the gods
ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
action; operation; effect; function
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
journal; magazine; periodical
questionnaire; survey; poll
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
mosquito larva; wriggler; maggot
origin; beginning; source; rise
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity