achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
ecstatically; spellbound; with rapt attention; abstractedly; absentmindedly; absorbedly
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to tighten; to press hard
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
superheating; overheating
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
stale; hackneyed; cliched
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
crossbow (incl. large models operated by a number of people); netted apparatus atop a wall containing large stones, which were dropped onto attackers by cutting the net; slingshot; catapult
derailment; digression; deviation
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
how; in what way; in what manner
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone