readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
messenger; envoy; emissary
servant; manservant; menial
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
honorific/polite/humble prefix
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
until now; so far; up to the present
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
in comparison to; rather than
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
adds force or indicates command
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
white; correction fluid; white-out
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
in this way; thus; such; uh...
one has no other choice but to do what one has to do
Black Thunder (chocolate bar)
to touch (a person's) heart; to impress (a person)
screw; propeller (e.g. on a ship)