victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
society; public; community; social studies
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
to come from; to have roots in
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
rather; better; instead; if anything
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
(not) even once; (not) ever
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
university (college) professor
soapland; brothel where one can bathe with prostitutes
older sister; elder sister
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
honor; honour; credit; prestige