to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to administer affairs of state; to attend to government affairs
death (of an emperor); demise
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
performance of one's official duties
pushing forward (undaunted, bravely); working vigorously towards an aim; struggling on; striving towards
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to etch into one's mind; to remember well
the deceased; the departed
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
direct control; direct supervision
amount of sugar; sugar content
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
apparent; obvious; very clear
wavy form; ripply shape; waveform
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt); having on
sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed
groundless; entirely contrary to fact
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
maternal line; mother's side of the family
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
to sit down; to take a seat
world peace; peace of the world
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
fluent (in a language); flowing
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady