persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
God; god; ace; king; superior person
present; gift; to give a present or gift
to be born; to come into the world
to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
to pile up; to accumulate
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
(a place) within one's reach
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
book; volume; this; present; main; head
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
comparatively; quite; rather; rate; ratio; percentage
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
domestic livestock dealer
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
reading too much into (what ... says)
unsparingly; without listening to the other party; without giving the other party a chance to explain
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)