textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
great person; eminent figure
immediately; at once; instantly
hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
small hill; low hill; hillock
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
minute; micro; detailed; delicate; subtle
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
in the same way as; just like
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
news of someone's death; obituary
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely