selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
living environment; habitat
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to give rein to (imagination)
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to finish washing; to wash well; to investigate thoroughly
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to approach; to draw near
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
timid; faint-hearted; wimpish
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
wild; in disarray; harum-scarum; hysteric
department of English literature
English(-language) literature; British literature
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
gravitational acceleration; acceleration of gravity
on one's face; one's face; (arch.) meeting face-to-face; (arch.) seeing in person