to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to set aside one's interests
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
highly ridiculous; quite absurd
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
everybody; every last one of them; all
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
perfect; complete; flawless
extermination; annihilation
tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
stripe; streak; striation
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
beyond this point; from now on; after this
to perceive; to understand
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
direct control; direct supervision
bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood
image; figure; figure; form; image
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something