beginning student; beginner
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
sky; the heavens; God; the Lord; ascension (into heaven)
semicircle; hemicycle; half globe; to go halfway round (e.g. the earth)
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
tower; tall building; turret; lookout; (arch.) brothel
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
raising and lowering; loading and unloading
quarrel; dispute; argument
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to be softened; to calm down
to press against each other; to huddle together
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
scene; view; prospect; outlook
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
testimony; (verbal) evidence
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
just one person; only one
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
lifesaver; person who saved one's life