confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
curved sword (e.g. a scimitar, shamshir, etc.); curved blade
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
infancy; childhood; tender age
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
opinion; point of view; visual point
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
badness; evilness; bad; evil
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
black magic; sorcery; magic tricks; juggling
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination; creation of unorthodox words or phrases by combining terms of similar form or meaning
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
assault; violence; damaging (someone)