to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to grow up; to become an adult
to accept; to receive; to agree
thereupon; shortly thereafter
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
reality; actuality; hard fact
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
example; illustration; precedent
to throw at; to turn; to raise
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
that is to say; so that means
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
audience; spectator; spectators
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
future (usually near); prospects
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while
boy; son; baby boy; young man
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
conversely; on the contrary
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
practice by repetition; learning by rote