(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
genius; prodigy; natural gift
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
sincere; earnest; serious
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
author; writer; novelist; artist
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
collection of short stories; collected short stories
supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off
original story; original version; this volume
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
a person without a single relative
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
potter's clay; kaolin; kaoline
fortune-telling; divination
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
change in appearance; transformation
to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)