transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
encampment; position; side; end; goal area
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
(time of) one's childhood; when one was a child
to be intimate with; to befriend
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
dozens; scores of; decades
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to check; to stop; to keep back
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense)
try; attempt; try (rugby)
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
willpower; energy; vitality
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
to invite in; to show someone in
being too late; losing one's final chance
direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
the heavens; the skies; heaven; deva realm; ascending to heaven; death
to rampage; to run wild; to run amok; to rage (of a storm, waves, etc.); to be wild (of the wind); to be rough
lip balm; lip salve; chapstick
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish