hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
naturally; of course; understandably
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock
cut; cutting; omission; cutting; haircut; (continuous) shot (in a film or TV show); illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
hungrily; voraciously; ravenously; greedily; avariciously; eagerly
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
simple honesty; tactless frankness
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
twilight; dusk; faint light
completely exhausted; dog-tired; dreadfully weary; terribly frustrated; limp; weak
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
nothing but; none other than
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
awareness; realization; noticing
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set