different opinion; objection
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
column shape; cylinder; columnar
disdain; contempt; scorn; abhorrence
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
rapid increase; proliferation; surge; explosion
decrease; reduction; decline
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
toughened glass; tempered glass
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
impossible to do (although wants to)
to come back; to bloom a second time
to stomp out (of a room, etc.); to storm out
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism
inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
popular person; favorite; favourite
interception; monitoring; tapping
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to offer a (monetary) prize
to be excited; to be elated