stairs; stairway; staircase
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
invention; intelligent; clever; (arch.) making sense (of something); (arch.) understanding
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
all you have to do is; just; that's all
long ago; once upon a time
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to break into (houses here and there); to rampage
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do
licensed; chartered; officially allowed; legitimate
master thief; notorious robber
one day; (on) a certain day
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to be found; to be discovered
tradition; legend; folklore
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
suddenly; all of a sudden