stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
spare time; free time; leisure time
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing
fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person
to gather; to collect; to assemble
small; fine; detailed; stingy
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
small quantity; small amount; narrowmindedness