image; figure; figure; form; image
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
dozens; scores of; decades
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
worship (esp. Christian); (church) service
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
built-in; fixed; attached
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to hand (over); to deliver in person
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; to appear on the cover of a magazine
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
preface; foreword; preamble
what; so-and-so; such and such; what?; wait; well, well
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
person concerned; interested party; related party
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
narrative-like structure; narrative style
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
feeling good; feeling pleasant
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)