inconvenient (residence); unpleasant (surroundings); difficult (to live in)
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
same kind (race); homogeneousness
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
indeed; really; truly; very much
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
something like ...; something called ...
completely; fully; entirely
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to look forward to something
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
how many years; how long; what year
growth; development; one's early life; upbringing; personal history
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
inactive; slow; sluggish; slack; low tone; undertone
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
difficult to ...; hard to ...