grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
wide turn; detour; the long way around
to be bloodcurdling; to be ghastly
like water; like it grows on trees
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
foolhardiness; recklessness; savage valour; savage valor; brute courage
mangy cur; low animal; beast
orders; instructions; directive; command
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
tension; tensile strength
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
empty-handed; barehanded; unarmed
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
every place; various places
expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.); loud; high-pitched
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
front entrance; front door