highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
of no interest; not interested
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site
excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
to have a talk; to tell a story
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
ignoring (one thing) for (another)
to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language
to live; to make a living; to get on with
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
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
already; now; no longer; not any more
lawless area; lawless district
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
close; intimate; on good terms
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
with a friendly grin; smilingly
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to jar; to creak; to grate
corridor; hallway; passageway
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion