frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
encouragement; promotion; inducement; incitement; stimulation
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
erudition; extensive learning
encyclopedia; Encyclopedie universelle des arts et sciences (Diderot)
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
prejudice; bias; distorted view
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
genius; prodigy; natural gift
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
statement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth
to be conspicuous; to stand out
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
riparian works; flood-control works
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
(navigable) canal; waterway
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
seeing through; fluoroscopy; roentgenoscopy; clairvoyance; seeing through (objects)
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
colour; color; hue; tints
ancient and modern times; all ages; past and present
engraver; carver; sculptor
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
castle construction; building a castle; fortification