hereditary system; hereditary succession
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to make a list; to enumerate
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to govern; to manage; to subdue
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
opaque; obscure; opacity; obscurity; unclear; unpredictable
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
establishment; settlement
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
that is to say; so that means
(social) position; status
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
triple; three-way; threefold
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
supplementary explanation
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across