to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
(a) few; (a) little; trifling; insignificant; small (amount); scarce (stocks)
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
and then; and so; and; so then
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to be too numerous; to be too much
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
late at night; at a late hour
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
writing; composition; essay; sentence
Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew letter
Phoenician alphabet; Phoenician character
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
Bible; the Scriptures; Holy Writ
study of foreign languages; linguistics
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
originally; by nature; from the start