spine; backbone; spinal column
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
death from disease; death from illness
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
rather; sooner; preferably
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
to order; to command; to appoint
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
otherwise; if not; or else
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
pale; pallid; bluish-white
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
always; constantly; frequently; often; nonstop
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of