complete stranger; total stranger
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
how many people; a number of people
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
such; like that; in that way
calm; peace; serenity; composure; equanimity; presence of mind
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
hiding one's embarrassment
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to be relieved; to feel relieved
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to need; to demand; to take; to require
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
end (of life); death; demise; (peacefully) spending one's final years
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
incessant; constant; continuous; perpetual; everlasting
seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends); planetary ring
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to vomit; to spit out; to breathe out (e.g. air); to exhale; to spend (e.g. saved money); to cough up
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance