praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
motherland; fatherland; native country
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
precondition; prerequisite
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
to apply correspondingly; to correspond to; to be proportionate to; to conform to
to be needed; to be wanted
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to have a bitter experience
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction