collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
and so; therefore; for that reason
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
be (that) as it may; having said that
(not) in any way; in no way
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
by itself; automatically; naturally
intuition; instinct; hunch
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to hit hard; to strike hard
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
complete destruction; demolition
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied (e.g. physics, linguistics, research)
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to cast a shadow; to appear; to loom (of a threat, etc.); to manifest (of symptoms, etc.)
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to stick (in); to stick out; to rise sharply; to stand (doing nothing)
determination; resolution
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward