advance; moving forward; progress
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
house where one was born; one's parents' house
ward; borough; city (in Tokyo); district (e.g. electoral); section; zone (e.g. postal)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to collect; to assemble; to gather
that; the matter in question
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
recovery; rescue; recapture
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage