splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best
(present) head of a family
world; society; people; the public
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
most part; greater part; majority
just managing; with great difficulty
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
finely chiseled (features)
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
joke; playfulness; kidding around
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
interest; rights; concession
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to
a long time ago; in those days
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
mirror surface; lens surface
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
operation; functioning; running
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire