inscription; epitaph; epigraph
expression in writing; written representation; notation; writing on the surface (e.g. an address on an envelope); inscribing on the face
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
every place; various places
knowing; (an) acquaintance
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
to be the ruin of (a person)
excessive fishing; overfishing; overhunting; excessive taking
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
serious wound; serious injury
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
personal; individual; private
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)