tall story; tall tale; cock-and-bull story; bullshit
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
paranormality; anomalous phenomenon
advance payment; money paid in advance
to revere as a god; to worship as a god; to deify
towering; astonishingly high
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
sincere; earnest; serious
very; extremely; extreme; excessive; splendid; impressive
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
conducting oneself properly; right conduct; doing the right thing
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
to remove; to take away; to clear away; to tear down; to pull down; to demolish
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. an idea); to accept (e.g. advice); to harvest; to reap
chillingly; shiveringly; with goosebumps; uncomfortably; restlessly
to get goosebumps; to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
confused fight; brawl; melee; scuffle; free-for-all
to forget completely; to leave behind
dustbin of history; ash heap of history; obscurity; long-forgotten memory
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...
familiarity with the land; (having) knowledge about a place
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
moment by moment; hour by hour
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes