cherry tree; cherry blossom; fake buyer; paid audience; hired applauder; horse meat
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
controlling; suppressing; quelling
power; might; authority; influence
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
rampancy; prevalence; domination
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
going west; heading westward
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
to beat someone to the punch; to get the drop on (someone); to forestall
within; inside of; less than
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
abundant; rich; ripe; mellow
to get narrower; to contract
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise