(political) power; authority; influence
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
in good condition; in fine shape; glib; slick; harmonious; melodious
frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
appearance; air; condition; state; form
burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to disperse; to take a castle
judgment; judgement; discernment
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to leave (a scene); to step away
heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to fall on one's backside
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
oud (lute-like instrument of Arabic origin)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange