affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
bold; shameless; cheeky; brash; impudent
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
without holding anything back; mercilessly; relentlessly; energetically; vigorously
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
departure; leaving; going away; recession
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
the masses; the lower classes; the common people
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
beyond expectation; contrary to expectations; unexpectedly
(moral) backbone; spirit; soul; grit
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
more than usual; especially; particularly
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
nothing but; none other than
order; command; life; destiny; fate
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
word game; wordplay; playing with words
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
infant; baby; little child
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
every place; various places
dispersal; scattering; discrete
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
school; school building; schoolhouse
official history; authorized history
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
seedling; young plant; rice seedling