to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
self-righteousness; self-justified
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
interview (e.g. for a job)
yes and no; for and against
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
supervised; under surveillance
resultant force; assistance; help; donation; alms
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
one's principles and position
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
pawn; pawned article; pledge; security; guarantee
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
one of these days; someday; one day
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
thorough; exhaustive; complete
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high
spelling; orthography; patching; binding
shirt (undergarment); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear; usu. with collar and buttons)
emaciation; gauntness; haggardness
having said that; be that as it may
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
preparations for a journey