teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
successive generations; successive emperors
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
beginning; outset; first; onset
how many years; how long; what year
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
conversely; on the contrary
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
genius; prodigy; natural gift
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
power; authority; influence