weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake
management; administration; operation
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
person of high standing, with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
democratic nation; democratic country
that day; the very same day
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to take advantage (of someone's weaknesses, carelessness, etc.); to impose on
keeping alive longer; prolonging life; life extension; life-support
hidden treasure; treasured article
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
by a strange coincidence; in an unexpected turn of events; by chance; by accident
oppression; suppression; pressure
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
torrent; rapid stream; violently rushing stream
to lose a tooth; to lose one's teeth
to become dim; to become blurred
senility; senile decay; infirmity (through age)
journey; route of a journey