quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
vocal sound; tone of voice
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
notice; attention; observation
uninhabited island; desert island
rebellion; great uprising
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; peppiness (of a ball)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
knowing; (an) acquaintance
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
question; inquiry; enquiry
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
such ... as; or some such
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
being concerned about or mindful of
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
meaning; significance; sense