preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
episode; anecdote; vignette
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
general public; the masses
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
how long; how much; to what extent
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
after ages; posterity; future life; the next world
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
with an interesting history (story); with a shady history; with circumstances that are difficult to explain
production (e.g. play); direction
to produce (e.g. movie, play, show, event, musical recording, etc.); to design (e.g. new commercial product, restaurant concept, etc.); to create; production; creation; design
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
posterity; future life; life to come
ingenuity; resourcefulness
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
person with supernatural power; person capable of extrasensory perception
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
contradiction; inconsistency
pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"
to state; to express; to mention
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
man; male; masculine gender
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
very interesting; of great interest