old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
don't you think?; indicates question
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
myself; yourself; I; me; you
thought; consideration; thinking
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
in general; overall; generally
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity