time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to be helpful; to be useful
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
how; in what way; by what means
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
silence (not speaking); muteness
how long; how much; to what extent
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to be found; to be discovered
not necessarily so; is not always true
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
really; truly; indeed; good grief
magical powers; supernatural powers; spell; charm
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to concern; to be related
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
in comparison to; rather than
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
together; at the same time; same; identical
capacity; volume; capacitance
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
world; society; people; the public