to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
power; authority; jurisdiction
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
please; somehow or other; one way or another
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
interior design; interior; upholstery
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
scenery; scene; landscape
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
and yet; though; when; in spite of
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
guess; speculation; supposition
one by one; one at a time; in turn
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
type of occupation; occupational category
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to jump from one thing to another
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
sad; wretched; deplorable
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature