ancestor; forefather; foremother
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
people; citizens; subjects; folk
heliocentric theory; Copernican theory; heliocentrism; heliocentricism
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
at first; in the beginning; originally
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
reason; cause; circumstances
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
self-consciousness; self-awareness
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
library; book collection; paperback book
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
wholeheartedly (approve, agree, etc.); unconditionally; completely
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name