fee; charge; rate; material
monetary; financial; pecuniary
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
to follow; to conform; to apply to
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
many; much; plenty; hardly
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
frame; framework; outline
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
concerning the content; with respect to the content; content-wise
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
Richard Strauss (German composer) (1864.6.11-1949.9.8)
frunk; front trunk (e.g. of a car)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
national traits or character; nationality
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
fury; frenzy; madness; wildness
high-pitched tone; soprano
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
state of mind; mentality; psychology
this (very thing); this precisely
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing