desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
fulfillment; fulfilment; realization; realisation; completion
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
sphere of action; scope of activity; range of work
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to have an audience; to meet; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)