plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
event; phenomenon; matter
clearly (understand, see, hear, etc.); distinctly; perfectly; as if it were right in front of one
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
interval; break; pause; gap (between objects); interval; opening
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
complete devotion; body and soul; one's best
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
to struggle; to writhe; to wriggle; to act frantically; to make desperate efforts
cable; wire rope; cableway
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
word ending; way of ending one's words; slip of the tongue; verbal mistake
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
birth (of a person); nativity; creation; formation; one's first birthday
joints; points (of a speech)
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated; to be excited; to stand out; to contrast
absolutely; completely; utterly; really; simply; only
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
goggling; rolling (one's eyes)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
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)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
vividly; clearly; distinctly; acutely
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
hateful; detestable; loathsome
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
small build; small stature
de- (indicating reversal, removal, etc.); post-
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)