devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
swinging back; aftershock; backlash
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
having strings attached (of a loan, etc.); having conditions attached; having a string or cord attached (of a bag, clothing, etc.); something with a string attached; having a lover (of a woman); woman with a male lover
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
that day; the very same day
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to weave into; to interweave; to incorporate; to include; to put in
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
blasphemy; profanity; sacrilege; desecration; defilement
false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
several hundred; hundreds (of)
thousands; several thousand
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to attach a letter; to include a letter
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; good night
in a little bit; after a short while
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice