steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
while alive; during one's lifetime
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
related to; in relation to
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
competent; suitable; qualified
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to say; to tell; to state; to do
third day of the month; three days
research material; experimental material
supply; provision; raising; procurement
to get late; to advance; to wear on
dark clouds gather; threatening signs emerge; trouble is afoot
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to have the privilege of doing
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
duty; obligation; responsibility
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer