French possession; French territory
weariness; fatigue; languor; boredom; tedium; ennui
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
sovereign; emperor; monarch
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
already; now; no longer; not any more
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
like this; this sort; this way
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours; many kinds; varied; melon; gourd
regret; repentance; remorse
dark brown; colour of tanned skin
compilation (of a text); editing; volume (of a text); completed literary work
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
versification; verse making
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
to drop; to let fall; to omit
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
the recovery of lost territory; recovering (regaining) lost ground (one's former position); fence-mending
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
novel for the masses; popular fiction; pulp
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
insertion; incorporation; infixing
conventionality; triteness
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
general public; the masses
extract (of plants, meat, etc.); essence; concentrate; concentrated stock
people; men and women; each person; everybody