to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
thought; consideration; thinking
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
(barbed) wire entanglements
remittance; sending money
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
present; gift; to give a present or gift
jade plant (Crassula argentea, Crassula ovata)
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
(political) power; authority; influence
financial power; financial means; wealth
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
since when; from when; how long
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to watch over; to watch attentively
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to get strong; to gain strength
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)