examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
salary (esp. public employees); wages; pay
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
place for relaxation and refreshment
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish
Genovese (sauce); Genoan; Genoese; Genovese
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
daily visit (of worship); frequent visit
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
in that way; like that; that way
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
to brush gently; to stroke; to caress
prime of one's working life
to be photographed; to be projected
this occasion; at this time; now
fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly
to be impolite; to be discourteous
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to be muddy; to be slushy
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
to lead someone around by the nose