(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
breath; breathing; tone; mood
private tutor; coach; governess
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to increase; to add to; to augment
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
to have a hard time of it; to have a bitter experience
those (near the second person)
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to not believe one's ears
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
correction; revision; amendment
that; the matter in question
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
trouble; bother; annoyance
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
vice; immorality; corruption
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
aptitude; aptness; suitability
study; pursuit of knowledge