title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
same; similar; (just) like; equal
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
not at all tense; relaxed; calm
virile; tough; masculine; intense
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness
without; but if; otherwise; or else
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
ambition; aspiration; desire to improve oneself
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
you could say; you might say; verging on the
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
but; however; provided that
great-grandfather; great-granddad; great-grandad
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
that; the matter in question
major contender; strong (leading) candidate; front runner
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
decision; determination; resolution
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
it is not (like that) either
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality