failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
sick; ill; ailing; (arch.) to hurt; (arch.) to ache
degeneration; retrogression
feebleness; weakness; imbecility
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
contingency; fortuity; randomness; unpredictability; haphazardry
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
the big two...; two major...; two main...
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
supreme; sublime; highest
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
chief; main; principal; major
eternal; unlimited; endless
clergyman; churchman; clergy
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
monastery; convent; cloister; abbey
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
should do; ought to do; must do
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to sprain; to twist; to dampen (enthusiasm); to discourage; to dishearten
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
independence; self-reliance
manly; masculine; like a man
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
self-destruction; self-sabotage
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
duty; function; office; mission; task
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
deformity; malformation; strange shape; unusual shape