reliance; trust; faith; confidence
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
it's probably so; it stands to reason
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
few decades; many decades; several decades
slave contract (in the entertainment industry); harsh, slave-like long-term contract
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
to be grieved at heart; to be troubled; to be worried; to trouble oneself (about something)
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
monolith; large slab of rock
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
penalty; sentence; punishment
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
to glare at each other; to confront each other
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate