rather; better; instead; if anything
in person; personally; (do) oneself
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
lying low (and awaiting one's chance); biding one's time; submitting at first (to then strike later)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
striking; remarkable; considerable
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
pledge; vow; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
hateful; detestable; loathsome
quickly; calmly; intently
not long has passed since ...
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to spit out; to eject; to dump
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
family; relatives; dependents; household
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover