assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
estimate (of costs); budget
to increase; to add to; to augment
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb
guard; sentinel; garrison
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
review; reconsideration; revision
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
(growing) quickly (esp. children, plants); (developing) quickly; fast; rapidly
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
town originally built around a temple or shrine
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
influential person; man of importance
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
believer; devotee; follower; adherent; convert; disciple
accomplishment; execution
greedy; grasping; tightfisted; predatory (e.g. business); calculating; avaricious
greedy; avaricious; covetous
(another's) spirit; God's heart or spirit; Lord's will
unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there