haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
well-versed (in); profoundly knowledgeable (about); high in the attainment (of)
makings (of); aptitude; talent; nature; character; temperament
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
to attempt; to test; to try out
this world; this life; world of the living
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
gold mine; treasure trove; golconda; (lit.) mountain of treasures
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
plants and animals; flora and fauna
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive