brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
survival; survivor; relic
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
most important condition (for); first prerequisite
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to bring; to take; to bring about
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
by all means; by all costs
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
duty; function; office; mission; task
accomplishment; execution
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
in succession; one after another