approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
personal guidance; tutoring
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
in person; personally; directly
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
basis; based on; conformance; conformity; authority (of); standard
being about to cry; the verge of tears
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
turns and twists; ups and downs; meandering; complications; vicissitudes
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
do this, do that; dos and don'ts
good-for-nothing; worthless
the same rank; equality; apposition
to view the past with nostalgia
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
stirring; rousing oneself
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
advance; moving forward; progress
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
unprecedented; never seen before
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay