world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
one's station in life; one's personal history; one's circumstances; one's lot; one's destiny; one's future
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
hoarse voice; husky voice
to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter
glove (esp. sports); globe
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
(some) more; even more; longer; further
as (for); for; in the capacity of
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
cooperation; collaboration
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
man; male; masculine gender
division (of a larger group); branch; field; class (subclass); group; category
yogurt; yoghurt; yoghourt
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to collect; to assemble; to gather
sweeping over (e.g. of a natural disaster); engulfing; sweeping victory; clean sweep
original story; original version; this volume
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage