inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
a person without a single relative
personal grudge; personal enmity
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
common language; lingua franca; standard language (language variety understood throughout a country)
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
(arch.) bracelet (made of stringed jewels or bells and worn at the elbow); bracer (for the elbow of an archer)
take the world by storm; to hold sway over the minds of the people
senior; veteran; old-timer
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
how much; how many; no matter how (much); however; (not) many; (not) much
(phonograph) record; record (esp. in sports); record (data structure)
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
tacit; unspoken; implicit
many; plenty; varied; all sorts of; colorful (program); crowded (schedule)
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
direct unforked road; straight path
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
gently (raining); drizzling; moist; damp