stage actor; stage actress
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack
sports ground; sports oval
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to triumph; to be elated with success
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
immediately; instantly; with nary a pause; without a moment's delay
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
rebellion; great uprising
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
troubled times; turbulent times
the lower classes; the common people
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
woman who missed the chance of getting married (because one is too old)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
mockery; derision; ridicule
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous