welcome; (warm) reception
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
question; inquiry; enquiry
pictorial book; picture book; illustrated reference book; identification manual; field guide
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
official recognition; official approval; certification; authorization; authorisation
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
permission; approval; authorization; license
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to serve as a reference; to provide useful information; to be helpful; to be informative; to be instructive
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
to ask a question; to ask questions
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
another time; some other time
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
about this time; about now
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse