to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
name recognition; established reputation
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
to take the form (of); to assume a shape
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
price; cost; value; worth; value
to begin; to set about; to start
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
duty; obligation; responsibility
healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
highly virtuous monk; monk; Buddhist solitary; Buddhist missionary; saint (i.e. a virtuous person); (arch.) emperor; master
goodness; excellence; virtue
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
detour; circumvention; turning movement
moral support; emotional support; spiritual support
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
carrier pigeon; homing pigeon
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke