skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to be disheartened; to be dejected; to be discouraged; suddenly (losing a lot of weight); looking emaciated; becoming very thin
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
persecution complex; paranoia
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
languorous; weary; listless; somber; sombre; gloomy
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
national defence; national defense
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
sphere; circle; range; category
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
to praise highly; to sing the praises of; to applaud; to acclaim; to admire
home position; origin; usual place (for something)
assistance; backing; support; aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment
lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance
short distance; short range; short-haul
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
ticklish; embarrassed; awkward; ill at ease (esp. when receiving public praise)
influenced (by); under an influence
change; changing; vicissitudes; fading; waning
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
to be frowned on; to invite frowns of disapproval; to displease (people); to disgust