serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to be lacking in options; to be too few
militarism; warlike spirit
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
Leeds (Britain); Lees; Leese; Rees; Reese
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
heroism; loyalty and courage
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
outstanding talent; person of exceptional talent; gifted person
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
use of blue eyebrow pencil to indicate a character has shaved his cheeks (in kabuki)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
military campaign; battle; war
fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
Baeck; Bech; Beck; Becque; Bek; Boeckh
war; battle; match; game; competition
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off