famous; well-known; renowned; your name
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
village headman; village mayor
to value; to prize; to honor; to respect
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to stamp (one's mark, etc.); to seal; to leave (one's footprints, etc.)
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
without; but if; otherwise; or else
exemplification; illustration; example
center; centre; metropolis
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
school expenses; education fund
to grieve; to lament; to deplore; to admire; to sigh in admiration
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
anonymity; using an assumed name
letter (e.g. of complaint); letter to the editor; letter from a reader; contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
professor; teaching; instruction
nearby mountain; mountain near a human settlement