restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
amount of material resources
king; monarch; ruler; champion
happy tears; tears of joy
high; noble; refined; advanced
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
standing for; advocating; championing; professing (to be)
sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
Arctic Circle; the Arctic
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
main purpose; primary objective
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
much less; to say nothing of
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to draw (a bow) to the limit; to pull tight; to squeeze tight; to strain (voice)
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to harden one's heart; to steel oneself; to be ruthless; to become "it" (in hide-and-seek, etc.)
aestheticism; pursuit of beauty; obsession with beautiful things
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
(countless) stars in the night sky; stardust
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
1,000,000; one million; million; many
10,000,000,000; ten billion
100,000,000,000; hundred billion; many
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of