absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
popular name; common name; given name
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to subsist; to keep on living
to make sense; to be meaningful
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
hospitalization; hospitalisation
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
lapse of memory; forgetting completely; (consigning to) oblivion
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
grudge; complaint; reproach
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
to employ; to hire; to charter
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to win fame; to be widely-known; to be well known; to make a name for oneself
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
amount of money; sum of money
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to cease; to stop; to be over