advanced level; high grade; senior
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
like this; this sort; this way
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
same crime; being equally guilty
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for
armed might; military power; the sword; force
trusting too much; overestimating ability
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
to break through (e.g. one's doubts); to become unbound by (e.g. the past); to allay (e.g. anger); to burst (e.g. a boil)
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
responsibility; duty; obligation
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
avoiding or dodging responsibility
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
general classification; broad categorization