financial power; financial means; wealth
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
demonstration; manifestation; protest
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
individual; private person; personal; private
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
(wrestling) ring; forum (e.g. for discussion); sandbag; gabion
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
narrow margin; slim margin
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to curve; to twist; to be contrary; to be uncooperative; to be rebellious
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
simple (e.g. matter); problem free; hopeless; the end (i.e. leaving one at a loss of words); dumbfounding
natural; reasonable; understandable
older sister and younger brother
pretense of evil; pretence of evil
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
unconditionally; as a rule
calculated; premeditated; considered
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
representative; exemplary; model
both; both sides; both parties
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
ex-husband; former husband
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
mask; disguise; guise; mask