not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
conviction; belief; confidence
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to emphasize; to attach importance to
those (near the second person)
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
way of reciting; way of telling a story
replacement; substitute; displacement; transposition; reset
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
remark; statement; discourse
incident; affair; happening; event
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
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 throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
general idea; concept; notion
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
while; during (the time when)
to come and go; to go back and forth
acquaintance; relations; sexual intercourse; intersection
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)