meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
outstanding; excellent; exceptional; preeminence; distinction; extraordinariness
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
tip-top; top; top-drawer; best; foremost; elite
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
instead; but (on the other hand)
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
to play a central role; to take a leading part
half and half; fifty-fifty
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to gain fame; to make one's name
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
hobby friend; friend gained through common interests or personality
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
technique; art; skill; move
to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
leopard (Panthera pardus)
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade