to go through several printings; to run into several editions
addition; annexation; appendage
pull; patronage; tug; discount
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
stolen goods; loot; spoils
to count up; to enumerate
conceiving (an idea); thinking up; invention; original idea; new idea
cannot be compared with; no match for
clear writing; specification
classicist; classical scholar
writing; book; (literary) work
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to resemble each other; to resemble one another
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to affect; to impact; to influence
all-night vigil over a body; wake
the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front
dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful
to melt (steel, etc.); to liquefy; to soften; to melt (one's heart); to disarm
the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into