book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
ancestor; forefather; foremother
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
poisoning; kill by poison
(political) power; authority; influence
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
of no interest; not interested
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
only; merely; but; no more than
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address