(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
longing; yearning; aspiration; adoration
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to make a speech; to address
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
odds and ends; all; every
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
protective instinct; defensive instinct
thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to look away; to avert one's eyes
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to grow weak; to become weak; to lose strength
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
with a start; with a jump
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
unprecedented; never seen before
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
waking up; awakening; arousal; disillusion; disillusionment; awakening
Great Awakening (18th century American Christian revival movement)
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to lose heart; to lose motivation
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation