practical; actual; de facto; in essence; in all but name
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)
usually; under usual circumstances
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
accumulation; pile; heap; sedimentation
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
superior (in rank); top; higher order (e.g. byte); host computer (of connected device)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to lean against; to set against
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
pupil; student; schoolchild
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
trivial; not amounting to much
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
this, that and the other; this and that
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
arm; skill; efforts; ability
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
beginning; outset; first; onset