stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
village headman; village mayor
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
rule; reign; government; governing
(social) class; rank; grade
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to be helpful; to be useful
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
in the same manner as before; the same as always
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
meaning; significance; sense
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
too much; excessively; too
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner