resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
I see; that's right; indeed
book; volume; this; present; main; head
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
you could say; you might say; verging on the
literature; books (reference); document
things left (to one) by the deceased; inherited item; estate; lost item; lost property
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
medical science; medicine
technical book; specialized book; treatise
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
fashion; fad; vogue; prevalence (e.g. of a disease)
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
new book; new publication
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
with these words; while saying
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
empty grain husk; immature ear (e.g. wheat); hollow object; unripe fruit
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series