approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
armed might; military power; the sword; force
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
burlesque; low comedy; farce
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
just because; even if; even though
guarantee; security; assurance; warranty
very much; very many; more and more
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing