genuine article; real thing; real deal
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
society; company; the public; the world
exaggeration; overstatement; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; gaffe
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
wildly enthusiastic; crazy (about something)
ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
that's the way it is; such is life
to give one's life (e.g. in battle); to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
wonderful; splendid; magnificent; exceeding; incredible; remarkable
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
full of strength; haughty; pompous
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
glacial period; glacial epoch; glacial era; tough period; drought (of opportunities, jobs, etc.)
mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius); gigantic; huge; enormous
(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
to lend an ear (to); to hear out; to listen to
simultaneous; all at once
random pounding (e.g. on a drum)