beginning; outset; first; onset
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
original proposer; originator; proponent; initiator
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
number one; first; best; most; game; round
right of succession; right to the throne
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
competent; suitable; qualified
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
just because; even if; even though
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
several times; once or twice
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
innocent; blameless; guiltless
to be able to tell apart; to distinguish; to recognize
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
nearly; almost; on the verge (of happening)