horseplay; fooling around
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
25th day of the month; 25 days
origin; beginning; source
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
state religion; official religion; established religion
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
national holiday; festival day
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
farming; agriculture; cultivation
origin; source; beginning; starting point
next morning; following morning
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
mother of a holy person; Holy Mother; Virgin Mary; Our Lady
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
a few hours; several hours; a couple of hours
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
middle; center; heart; midst (e.g. of a storm); peak (e.g. of a season); (the) height (of something)
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility