proposal; suggestion; motion; initiative
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
with a fixed time; with a deadline
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
pump-priming; rousing; stimulation
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
preliminary arrangements; spade work
agricultural land; farmland
discontented elements (e.g. of society); dissatisfied members; malcontents
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
peace terms; conditions of peace
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to be able to do; to be capable of doing
monetary; financial; pecuniary
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
store; reserve; stock; savings
cutting edge; leading edge; forefront; tip; end
three sides; small offering stand
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
violent emotion; passion; fury
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
biological younger sister
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat