to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
anticipation; expectation; plan; preparation
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
rare; uncommon; not often seen
to put on a bold front; to act big; to be unyielding; to act formally; to act stiffly
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
thought; consideration; thinking
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
such; this sort of; like this
combat power; fighting strength
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
without showing any sign of; without giving the slightest indication of; without saying anything of; without breathing a word of
as if nothing had happened
later on; eventually; afterwards
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
clearing one's throat; cough
awareness; realization; noticing
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
Yggdrasil (tree in Norse mythology)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to come from; to have roots in