year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
it is I who should say so
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
1,000,000; one million; million; many
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
single standard; single base; single-feature show
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
slightly early; just before
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
several people; a few people
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket