sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
righteousness; justice; right
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
shady; underhanded; questionable
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
spirituality; spiritual nature
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
to temper thoroughly; to train well
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
honour; honor; glory; privilege
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
education; training; discipline
extinction; annihilation; destruction
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est
decimal; decimal digit; decimal number
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
drawing a figure; drawing a diagram; construction
equilateral triangle; regular triangle