earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to take a breath; to take a short rest
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to hide from society; to avoid the gaze of society; to keep out of the public eye
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to feel a chill run down one's spine
unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen
intimacy; affection; familiarity
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
somehow; for some reason or other
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
adherent; devotee; believer
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
great war; great battle; world war
(religious) faith; belief; creed
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
to wrench open; to break open; to pry open; to prise open; to force open
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
clergyman; churchman; clergy
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
job; work; duties; trade; skill
nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; quality; inherent characteristic; property
means; way; method; measure
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
several hundred; hundreds (of)
measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant