anger; offence; offense; rage; taking offense; taking offence
frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong
swan (Cygnus spp.); white-feathered bird
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
now that; since; as long as; provided that
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
empress dowager; queen mother
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
anciently; formerly; old times; a long time ago
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
superstition; superstitious belief
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
fortune-telling; divination
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
euphemistic; circumlocutory; roundabout; indirect
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
intimate; carefree; familiar; friendly
reigning; controlling; dictating
military force; military strength
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
head house (family); birthplace; originator