to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
older brother and younger sister
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
older brother; elder brother
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
serious matter; major incident; matter of grave concern; crisis
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
large number (of); many; majority
discovery; detection; finding
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
cooperation; collaboration
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to be silent; to say nothing
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light