lese majesty; lèse-majesté
one or two sizes (bigger, etc.); one or two levels (better, more mature, etc.)
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); gobbling up
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
to make good use of; to use to one's advantage
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
loyal retainer; loyal subject
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to charm; to bewitch; to enchant; to captivate; to fascinate
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
secondhand article; secondhand goods; used item
poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent
professor; teaching; instruction
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)
disposal; scrapping; replacement; putting on the shelf; shelving
beyond one's means or position
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
labor; labour; toil; hardship
reason; cause; history; origin
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to have (something) innate; to be born with
looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
issue; offspring; paternal blood
parental love or affection
disposal (usu. of unwanted government assets); sale
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing