longtime best seller; book with steady sales over a long time
in proportion to; just as much as
standardization; uniformalization
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
having said that; on the other hand
incident; affair; happening; event
to be surprised; to be astonished
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
bad influence; negative influence
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
(appropriate to) time, place, occasion
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to begin to appear; to begin to come in
to have meaning; to be meaningful
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
one end; an end; part; fragment
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
knitting; knitted material; crochet
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom