refusal; rejection; denial; veto
ability; capability; skill
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
depending on; dependent on
to be square; to be angular; to be jagged; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
common knowledge; well-known fact
out of the question; unthinkable; impossible
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
consideration; taking into account
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
public name; announcing publicly; nominal
not yet fixed; undecided; pending
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
clear; translucent; brilliant; sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
commander; general; leader
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress