retainer; vassal; servant
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
all present; all concerned; all of us
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
university student; college student
to move (house); to change residence
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
binoculars; field glasses
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion
to slip on (slippers, sandals, etc.); to hit (e.g. one's leg) against; to bash into; to push (one's opponent) down before he stands up
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
barefoot; superior to (a professional, etc. in ability or achievement)
like that; that way; thus
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
new employee; freshman employee; new hire
newly appointed; inaugural