tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
victim; injured party; sufferer
reduction of penalty; commutation of a sentence
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
being clearheaded; having a keen (sharp, brilliant) mind
being accomplished in both the literary and military arts; doing well in both school and sports
testimony; (verbal) evidence
friction; discord; strife
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
objection; dissent; protest
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
sympathy; compassion; pity
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
identifiable; personalized
unexpected meeting; coincidence
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible