lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
should; must; -able; probably; likely
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
root; source; origin; cause
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
originally; by nature; from the start
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
settlement; permanent residency
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
over the top; thickly; heavily; richly
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
peafowl (incl. the male peacock, female peahen, and young peachick)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
time; hour; period; class
to pour into (liquids); to pump into
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
to get stuck in; to be mired in; to be addicted to
fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
(some) more; even more; longer; further
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
restaurant (esp. Western-style)