acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
birds of a feather flock together
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi); madder (red color)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
how; in what way; how about; questionable
objection; dissent; protest
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to have a reason; to have an excuse
un-; non-; negative prefix
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
(some) more; even more; longer; further
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone