to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
Milky Way; luminous band corresponding to the plane of the galaxy
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
monstrously ugly; hideous; ugly and bizarre
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
narrowness; meanness; humbleness; lowliness
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
whole universe; total universe; all of creation
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
prosperous person; powerful person
inevitable decline (decay, collapse, etc.)
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
imprisonment; incarceration
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
yellow race; Mongoloid race
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
firm promise; definite promise
penalty; sentence; punishment
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
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
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
cripple; disabled person; invalid
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
quitting while one is ahead
to shout with exultation; to shout for joy