to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
with a flash; brightly; dazzlingly; sparklingly; brilliantly (shining)
second (unit of time); arc second
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to cause a person trouble
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
reception room; parlor; parlour
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to be helpful; to be useful
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
modesty; humility; being humble
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial