lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
almost every day; almost daily
exactly alike (in appearance); like two peas in a pod; (practically) identical; spitting image (of); carbon copy (of)
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
that is to say; so that means
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
difference; variation; difference
carnivore; carnivorous animal
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
knowledge; information; opinion; view
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
if so; in that case; in that situation
as one had hoped; as one wishes
marriage proposal; courtship
snake; serpent; large snake
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit