to arrive; to come to pass
adopted daughter; foster daughter
on the occasion of; at the time of
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
our country; our land; one's own country
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
dressing up in fine clothes; splendid clothes; one's best clothes
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
narrow; thin (sized); slender
class; heading; group; category
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
formal dress; ceremonial dress; morning dress; evening dress; dress suit
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
finished product; finished goods; completed article
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
fall; drop; descent; coming down
equal; identical; the same; no different (to); just like; equivalent
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry