contradiction; inconsistency
alternately; by turns; one after the other
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical
talking in delirium; delirious talk; delirious utterances; nonsense; rubbish; silly talk
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
8th day of the month; eight days
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
hell realm; Naraka; Hell; hell; misery; place where a volcano or hot springs constantly spew smoke or steam
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer
to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
gradually; slowly but steadily; little by little; inch by inch
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
to search for; to seek for; to look for
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
acceleration; speeding up
9th day of the month; nine days
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
10th day of the month; ten days
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
treachery; betrayal; perfidy