prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
money-making; earning money
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
leadership; initiative; spearhead
incident; affair; happening; event
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
victim; injured party; sufferer
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled
exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to hide; to keep to oneself
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
first generation; founder
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
God; god; ace; king; superior person
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
since then; from that time; ever since
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
control; management (e.g. of a business)
that is to say; so that means
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
to lay aside; to set aside
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to join forces; to cooperate