birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
to take upon oneself; to volunteer; to undertake; to offer (to do)
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to knead well; to polish; to refine
approval; license; licence; permission
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
in name only; titular; nominal
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
new building; new construction
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
programme; program; plans; arrangements
older sister; lass; young lady
conflict; fighting each other
to put an end (to); to bring to an end; to close the books (on); (lit.) to put a period (at the end of a sentence)
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard
trackless; reckless; dissipated
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government); releasing information (of an organization or an individual); making public
outward; superficial; external; apparent
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first