family; relatives; dependents; household
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
should; must; -able; probably; likely
calm; composed; cool; quiet
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
that is to say; so that means
study; research; investigation
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
already; now; no longer; not any more
show; exhibition; spectacle
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
record high; all-time high
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
large number (of); many; majority
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
job; work; duties; trade; skill
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in