amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
progress; advance; improvement; development
specialization; specialty; speciality; expertise
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
mixture; intermixture; mixing up; contamination
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
popular; common; commonplace
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to move (something) to another location; to change the position of; to rearrange; to replace; to exchange; to switch
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
head; brains; intellect; understanding
intelligence; discernment
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
difference; discrepancy; variation
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to be different (from each other); to differ
standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say
news (from someone); letter; contact; (someone's) whereabouts; (someone's) movements
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise