great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
constant; steady; constant
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
genius; prodigy; natural gift
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
simply; merely; only; solely
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
assertion; declaration; affirmation
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to cause; to induce; to bring about a result or state; to produce
the same; the said; likewise
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
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
to be prolonged; to drag on