curtain; bunting; act (in play)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
wherein; therein; thereinto
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to find out; to discover; to locate
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
home area; home town; local
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
(police) detective; criminal matter
sincere; earnest; serious
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
interval; break; pause; spare moment
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
rather; better; instead; if anything