first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
whole nation; whole land; whole country
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to brave a danger; to take a risk
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
to attack; to assault; to assail
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
rather; better; instead; if anything
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
really; truly; indeed; good grief
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to live; to reside; to inhabit
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
in that way; thus; so; so?
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
defense; defence; protection
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result