most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
simply; merely; only; solely
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
determination; resolution
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
nothing but; none other than
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
to thrust before; to thrust at
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
descendant; posterity; offspring
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
goodness; excellence; virtue
sincere; honest; faithful
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to give one's everything; to do one's best
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to harm; to cause harm to
mangy cur; low animal; beast
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
sight (e.g. of a gun); aim; alignment
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack