to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
live decoy (for hunting); decoy; bait; lure
salvation of one's country
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause); paying tribute; tribute
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
largest ever; biggest; record
private person; individual
complete victory; total victory
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
people; citizens; subjects; folk
to rule; to govern; to reign over; to subdue; to suppress; to quell
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist
to shut one's eyes to (one's own faults, etc.); to pretend not to see; to pay no attention to; to forget; to fail to notice; (lit.) to put on a shelf
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
belief; faith; conviction
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
accession to the throne; enthronement
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland