sanity; consciousness; soberness
tone (of voice); manner of talking
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, logging, etc.); trolley; tram
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
river fish; freshwater fish
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
way of eating; how to eat
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to tower over the surroundings
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
until now; so far; up to the present
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
in comparison to; rather than
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
wisdom; intelligence; intellect
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before