(political) power; authority; influence
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
to be appointed to a rank
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
generation; lifetime; age
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
war; fighting; fierce competition
epidemic; plague; pestilence
dizzying (speed, changes, etc.); rapid; drastic; bewildering; hectic; bustling (e.g. world)
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
ancestor; forefather; foremother
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
very loose; slowly; leisurely
(present) head of a family
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
to leave nothing undone; to give good service; to attend to everything; to be on someone's tracks (e.g. police); to catch up with; to close in on
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
under one's arm; (in) the armpit
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
to turn over; to turn (pages); to leaf through (a book, etc.); to tear off; to strip off; to take off
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
(land) with a thump; slumping (of something heavy); (lying down) with a flop; effortlessly (throw onto); roundishly (shaped; of something large)