creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
all but dead; half killed
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to make a joint vow; to swear together; to pledge
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
small fraction; small proportion
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
while; during; performed in this condition
motherland; fatherland; native country
of tender years; very young
to snatch from; to steal from
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
drop of water; vessel for replenishing inkstone water
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
how; in what way; in what manner
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
burning at the stake; burning to death
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative