rather; sooner; preferably
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
to compete with; to vie for
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
without sparing time for sleep
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
prejudice; bias; distorted view
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
to recall; to remember; to recollect
whirling; revolving; coiling around; winding around; working tirelessly; working hard
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
proposal; proposition; suggestion
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to reason; to sum up; to conclude