year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
beginning; outset; first; onset
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
tradition; legend; folklore
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
to the limit; to the full; as much as possible; with all one's might
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such