no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
life and death; life or death
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
the place for; the time for; the level of
fully fledged; full-fledged; proper; competent; qualified; full-grown
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
piece; fragment; one (object)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
together; at the same time; same; identical
single word; a few words; brief comment
using as an intermediary; through
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement
Solanaceae (nightshade family of plants)
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
rule; reign; government; governing
general; popular; common; typical
true state; actual condition; reality
armed might; military power; the sword; force
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
pure-bred (usu. animal); pure-blooded; thoroughbred
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence