temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
scholarship; scientific attainments
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to be pregnant; to be with child
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
chief vassal; senior statesman
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind
to rant and rave; to raise hell
sharp parting remark; parting threat
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
day and night; around the clock
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
day by day; every day; by the day
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
each (every) time; whenever
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to chant; to recite; to sing; to write (a poem); to compose
licentious; profligate; dissipated; riotous; wild
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
love affair; sensual pleasures
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
our country; our land; one's own country