accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
great achievement; glorious deed; (gaining) fame; (earning) distinction
(not so) much; (not) very
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
telecommunications; correspondence
future (usually near); prospects
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
annexation; merger; swallowing up
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
long; drawn-out; very long
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
treat; banquet; feast; (arch.) running about
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
conjugal relations; conjugal affection
shy; bashful; timid; reserved
second marriage; remarriage
exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age
to call in; to invite; to bring in
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much