genius; prodigy; natural gift
constant; persistent; indecisiveness; usual; normal
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
whole nation; whole land; whole country
origin; beginning; source; rise
custom; habit; customary practice
to rove; to prowl; to go cruising
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
practicality; utility; usefulness
recovery; rescue; recapture
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem
general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)
maintaining the status quo
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
all living things; all God's creatures, great and small
anger; resentment; indignation; chagrin; irritation
unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)
self-determination; suicide
heaven's dispensation; divine providence; plan of nature
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
to kill; to choke the life out of
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
straight; as the crow flies