character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
love; adoration; being fond of; having a passion for
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
stalker; (mechanical) stoker
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to pretend; to act (as if)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to finish writing; to complete; to write down (e.g. a list); to write out
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to do for (the sake of someone else)
to turn completely into; to become completely
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to get goosebumps; to have one's hair stand on end; to shudder
to knock down; to knock off
pole; trolley pole; pole (unit of length or area); rod; (opinion) poll
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency