(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
to shake; to sway; to waver
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
sanity; consciousness; soberness
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
modesty; humility; being humble
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
book lover; lover of books; bibliophilism; love of books
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to shake one's head (in denial)
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to be too numerous; to be too much
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
counter for books; volume
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
specialization; specialisation
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
representative; exemplary; model
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
image; figure; figure; form; image
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
to be helpful; to be useful
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
to search for; to seek for; to look for