originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
reaction; response; reaction
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
legend; folklore; tradition
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
that's the way it is; such is life
the world in general; society; convention
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear
saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
(teacher's) platform; podium; dais
looking or acting as if one owned the place
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
several hundred; hundreds (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess
long hair (usu. of a man)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty