antiquity; the previous era
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
self-analysis; autoanalysis
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to accomplish; to achieve; to complete; to carry out; to carry through
several hundred; hundreds (of)
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
to pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.); to convey; to inform (of a visitor, phone call, etc.); to announce (a visitor); to act as an agent (between a manufacturer, wholesaler, etc. and retailers); to act as an intermediary
commendation ceremony; award ceremony
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
close; intimate; on good terms
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
arrogant; haughty; insolent
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
moderate faction; moderates
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
patient; unhurried; leisurely
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to meddle (in someone's affairs); to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass (at someone); to hit on
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)