to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
dissolution; dissolving; solution (e.g. chemical); melting; liquefying; fusion
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
strength; power; proficiency; ability
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
number one; first; best; most; game; round
many; a lot; much; multitude
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
spiritism; worship of the dead
root; source; origin; cause
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
long ago; already; a long time ago
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness