opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
fate; destiny; predestination
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
just one person; only one
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
sanity; consciousness; soberness
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
knowing; (an) acquaintance
as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
if so; in that case; in that situation
to hold down; to twist someone's arm; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
regret; repentance; remorse
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)