to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
not worth considering; out of the question
to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
to do someone in; to bump someone off
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
power; authority; influence
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
discussion; debate; argument
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
how long; how far; how much
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
to entrust; to leave to a person
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
to shake one's head (in denial)
to harvest; to reap; to take in; to gather in; to adopt (e.g. idea); to accept (e.g. advice)
every year; yearly; annually
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
to be hesitant; to feel timid
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
true state; actual condition; reality