study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
for example; for instance; e.g.
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
life or death; existence; destiny
fortune-telling; divination
(since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
hard to get; hard to come by
is something that; is that which
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
firm; unshakeable; resolute
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
stage assistant dressed in black (in kabuki); stagehand; prompter; behind-the-scenes supporter; string-puller
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
open; public; official; overt
United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)
overwhelming; overpowering; prevailing
tide; current; tendency; trend
one thin flat object; one sheet
supply; supplying; replenishment
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
all one's wisdom; (lit.) bag (full) of wisdom; the brains (of a group); the smart one; fount of wisdom
discord; (on) bad terms (with)