speculation; thinking; meditation
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
party; set; gang; company; person
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
rousing (courage, morale, etc.); encouragement; advocacy; promotion (of a belief); encouragement
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
convention; tired tradition; old custom
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
material; substance; matter
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
extensive knowledge; erudition
rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
realistic; graphic; true to life
individual; distinctive; unique; characteristic; personal; idiosyncratic
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
unbending; inflexible; tenacity; indomitableness
persistence; fortitude; indomitability
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
Hymne a l'amour (song popularized by Edith Piaf)