intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
to add (to); to add on; to append
subordination; dependency
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
inborn nature; genuine; intrinsic; essential
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
the reason is that ...; because
slightest notice; slightest consideration; slightest attention; a little thought; glance
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
to crowd; to flock; to swarm
absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
short blade; small weapon; epigram; pithy saying
overconfidence; someone who is overconfident; wrongly believing to have attained enlightenment
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
sliding down (a slope, mountainside); slipping down
scrap; (small) piece; unimportant (person); petty ...; humble ...
to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
pioneer; settler; colonist
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
nonstandard; out of spec; irregular; exceptional; extraordinary; unbelievable
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
emergency staircase; fire escape
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
handrail; railing; banister
iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)