surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to project; to show; to portray; to depict; to describe
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
few decades; many decades; several decades
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
that is to say; so that means
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.)
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
serious; severe; grave; acute
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
street; quarter; district; area
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
itinerary; travel plans; distance (of a trip); journey
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook