reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
cripple; disabled person; invalid; (game, internet, etc.) addict
whichever one chooses; either way
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
to be consistent; to be coherent
product; produce; result; fruit
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
some things are better left unsaid; silence is golden
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to serve; to work for; to attend
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
valley; ravine; gorge; canyon
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
everyone has a past; every person has their own history
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
several years; a few years
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
dozens; scores of; decades
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
maintaining the status quo
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable