dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
(period of) a year; during an era
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
loveable; very likeable; like very much
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
assertion; declaration; affirmation
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
obedience; submission; resignation
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
choosing between two things; two choices
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
by myself; in person; by oneself
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to prostrate oneself before
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to see through; to see the true nature of something
silence (not speaking); muteness
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
stale; hackneyed; cliched
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon