conviction; belief; confidence
war; battle; match; game; competition
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
reception of a decoration; reception of an order
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
attendance; presence; appearance
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff