in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to make a success in life
older sister; elder sister
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
true to one's name; living up to one's name
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
bathing; going in the bath
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
to get used to seeing; to become accustomed to seeing; to be familiar with
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
at first; in the beginning; originally
complete change; about-face
special treatment; priority
department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
omen; portent; sign; presage; harbinger; premonition
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
nothing but; except; no more than
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
that is to say; so that means