desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
otherwise; or else; if not
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle
change; alteration; modification
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
dangerous element; person who poses a high risk
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
contract; compact; agreement
by means of; due to; because of; according to
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
even; even if ...; even though ...; because ...; as ...; with the purpose of ...
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
surely (not); certainly (not)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
memory; sense; experience
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky