individual; private person; personal; private
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
leveling up; raising the level (of); boosting; improving; improvement; rising to the next level
becoming dull; slowing down
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
connections; contacts; influence
each individual; each person
to discuss; to talk together
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
indeed; really; truly; very much
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
example; illustration; precedent
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
sculpture; carved statue; graven image
moving about; stirring about
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)