calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
ancient city; former capital
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to well up; to burst; to arise
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
history; pedigree; lineage
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
meat eating; eating of meat; meat diet; carnivorous
facing south; southern exposure
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
image; figure; figure; form; image
cosmos; common cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus)
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to gaze at; to fix one's eyes upon
the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening