to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
elder statesman; doyen; old-timer; Genro (member of a pre-WWII body that informally advised the emperor)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
passing through without stopping; passing by
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless