ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
many; a lot; much; multitude
to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
high-pressure salesmanship; the hard sell; aggressive peddling
one way or the other; either way
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
obscure; vague; ambiguous
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to say nasty things (about); to use abusive language
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
hard fight; difficult struggle
three; three years of age
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to feel relieved; to feel satisfied
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to recover consciousness; to come to
on the occasion of; at the time of
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face