claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
prison; jail; gaol; firm; solid; strong
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
should do; ought to do; must do
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
competent; suitable; qualified
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
Catherine de Medici (1519-89)
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
sincerity; true heart; devotion
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
body; torso; trunk; build; physique; health
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all