monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
5th day of the month; five days
Thebae; Thebae (Greece); Thebai; Thebes
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
main street; avenue; boulevard
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
another thing; exception; special case
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
either way; in any case; one way or another
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
courtesy; etiquette; formality; (religious) observance; ritual; rite
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
military officer; naval officer
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
eating heavily; hearty eating; binge eating; big eater; trencherman; gormandizer
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
participant; entrant; player; competitor
to amuse oneself; to make merry
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; poor-looking
to throw away; to abandon
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)