solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
bedpan; chamber pot; potty
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to go past; to pass; to pass by
mountain range; mountain belt
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
source of funds; resources; finances
deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
entreaty; supplication; petition
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
ability; capability; skill
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
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
literally; to the letter; literal
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
wetting oneself; peeing in one's pants
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
worst; poor and boring; uncool
fast approach; quick intimacy
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
polish; improvement; burnishing
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)