most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
admiration; appreciation; enjoyment; viewing (for pleasure)
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
(your) judgment; discernment
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony
popular will; will of the people
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
ambitious; motivated; willful
to manage a state; to govern a country
rule; reign; government; governing
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
sweetheart; person in one's thoughts (heart)
to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to do (someone) a wrong; to do (someone) an ill turn; to take revenge; to resent; to bear a grudge
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
natural; intrinsic; from birth
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages