motherland; fatherland; native country
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
false charge; false accusation; misrepresentation
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)
memory; sense; experience
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
firefly (Luciola cruciata); lightning bug; glowworm
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to be evasive; to give an evasive answer; to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate; to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation; to make do with
to dispose of; to sell off
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
rather; sooner; preferably
had better ...; had better not ...
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
to be reminded of; to call to mind