temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
scholarship; scientific attainments
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to be bony; to be angular
to finger; to touch; to play with; to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
break in time; interruption; pause
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
(divine) providence; dispensation
to be pregnant; to be with child
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
toil; drudgery; penal servitude; imprisonment (with hard labour)
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to have one's horizons broadened
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to have a long life; to live a long time
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
sphere; counter for balls
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
round shape; circle; circular form
town; city; municipal; urban
source (of a spring, etc.); source (of payment, energy, knowledge, etc.); origin; wellspring