frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
swallowing; understanding; comprehension; apprehension
way; method; means; effect; result; worth
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
youth; adolescence; springtime of life
power; might; authority; influence
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
strange thing; odd thing; how absurd!; preposterous!
farming out (all of a project) to subcontractors; hundred-percent outsourcing; leaving (a responsibility) entirely to someone else; offloading (a problem, work, etc.); wholesale delegation
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
first-rate; finest quality; the best
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
for appearances' sake; for appearance sake
pushy; pushing; self-assertive
odds and ends; all; every
chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events
disheveled hair; unravelled hair
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
contemplation; meditation
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
sticky; gummy; gooey; tenacious; persistent; dogged
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
very loud volume; megavolume
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
quiet unsociable person; obstinate person; blockhead
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle