to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
to keep secret; to conceal
absolutely; positively; decidedly
and then; and so; and; so then
nothing; nil; naught; nought
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
sublime; noble; high-minded
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to stay (at); to stop (at)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to smile (at); to grin (at)
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
one's last moment; one's death; one's end