at that time; in those days
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
Schumann; Schuman; Shooman; Shuman
experiment; experimentation
legend; folklore; tradition
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
laughingstock; object of ridicule
trick; plot device; mystery-fiction trope
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
approval; acceptance; toleration
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
memo; memorandum; note; (diplomatic) memorandum
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
absorption; suction; attraction
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
early on; earlier on; from early
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest