dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
clever; bright; smart; intelligent
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
statue; picture; picture revealing character
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...
visual confirmation; sighting
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
to be helpful; to be useful
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
no!; no no!; no, not at all
society; the world; the times
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
intelligent; wise; sagacious; smart-alecky; cheeky
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to narrowly escape death; to have a narrow escape from death
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
school; school building; schoolhouse
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
to begin to strike; to kick out; to forcefully expel; to hammer (pattern, etc.) into metal
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
shallow knowledge; superficial learning