solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
custom; practice; convention; precedent
eastern part; the east (of a region)
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
convenient; handy; useful
function; facility; faculty; feature
to join together; to combine; to join up
dwindling; declining; diminishing; tapering (to a point)
column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
with a start; with a jump
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to blow off (strongly); to blow away; to drive away (e.g. one's worries); to dispel; to do at great speed (e.g. drive a car); to carry out (a task) very quickly
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
to shake one's head (in denial)
treating someone like a child
serious look (on one's face); straight face
had better ...; had better not ...