to live up to (one's) expectations; to meet expectations
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
main cause; primary factor
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
(giving) birth; childbirth; native of; product of; assets; property
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
rule; reign; government; governing
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
reigning; controlling; dictating
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
on the same occasion; at the same time; coincidentally; along with; partly (to do, for)
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
multistoried; multilayered
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them