postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
religious issue; religious problem; religious question
preaching down; breaking down somebody's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith)
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
in name only; titular; nominal
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius); Confucianism; Christianity; Buddhism
article; news story; report; account
Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)
praise; worship; adoration; glorification
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
Izvestia (Russian newspaper)
Burmese Wars (1823-1826, 1852-1853, 1885-1887)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
port city; harbour city; harbor city
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
surface-to-air missile; SAM
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to