support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
few decades; many decades; several decades
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to clear away; to remove; to demolish
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
to throw at; to turn; to raise
shadow figure; silhouette
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
even more; still more; further
endurance; perseverance; patience
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
every other; second; alternate
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
report; notification; registration
like; similar to; same as
keno (casino game); kino (gum, resin); kino (cinema)
agreement; affirmative; aye; yes; OK
in one's hands; in one's control
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
odds and ends; all; every
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
having sociable manners; sociable
to become popular; to grow in popularity; to catch on