banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
generation; the world; the age
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
wise man; philosopher; sage
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
chief; main; principal; major
furthermore; and another thing; even as
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
intimacy; affection; familiarity