license; licence; certificate; charter
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
one's way back; one's way home
one thin flat object; one sheet
intelligence gathering; information gathering
understood; I see; OK; present; here
to begin; to set about; to start
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
himself; yourself; herself
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
military family; warrior class
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
difference; variation; difference
(social) position; status
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
infancy; childhood; tender age
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
cool; indifferent; apathetic; cold; cold-hearted; heartless