success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
even more; still more; further
serious damage; heavy damage; being wrecked; thrashing (an opponent); crushing; giving a drubbing
serious wound; serious injury
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
horse's back; (mountain) ridge; arête; road along a ridge
to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline; to rely on (someone); to depend on
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
transition; changeover; switchover; transfer (of powers, weight, etc.); shift (e.g. of centre of gravity)
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)
to make an appearance; to show up
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
wisdom; intelligence; sagacity
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
heresy; heretical teachings; black magic
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
barbarian country; uncivilized country; foreign country
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
volley (of fire); salvo; fusillade; simultaneous firing (of guns or artillery)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)
in order; sequential; seriatim
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
in succession; one by one
curtain; act (in a play); falling of the curtain; end (of a scene); end; close; case
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so