successive generations; successive emperors
record high; all-time high
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
established practice; custom
of great promise; with a promising future
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
some; few; a number of; somewhat; to a certain extent; a bit
to have time free; to have time to spare
truth; reality; seriousness; truth; printed style writing; star performer
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to be in focus; to come into focus
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
pose; pose; posturing; pause; rest
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
profile; face in profile; face seen from the side; (personal) profile; (biographical) sketch; outline (of someone's life)
to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
clean; clear; pure; honest; clean
guidance; leadership; leading the way
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
wide sense (e.g. of a word); broad sense
(foreign) trade; (international) commerce; importing and exporting
to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.); to dry the bottom of a ship (to prevent insect damage)
very young; childish; immature
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)