badness; evilness; bad; evil
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
to continue to do; to persist in doing
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
matter of time; question of time
to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
change; transformation; innovation; Reformation
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
great cause; moral law; justice
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to hide; to keep to oneself
though; notwithstanding; although
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
billboard; advertising sign