easily moved to tears; given to weeping; lachrymose
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
civilized nation; civilised nation
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
drama; play; powerful drug
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
major war; great war; world war
all-out war; full-scale war
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
taking great pains (to do); making every effort; having a lot of trouble (doing); racking one's brains
prime minister; premier; chancellor
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small