knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
choices; alternatives; options
to go out and away; to leave
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
heir; inheritor; successor
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
withdrawal; revocation; repeal; demolition; removal
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to be manageable; to be able to handle
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
commander; general; leader
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
eternal; unlimited; endless
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
on countless occasions; many a time
contradiction; inconsistency
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
information discovery; disclosure of information
same; similar; (just) like; equal