to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
elder sister; effeminate man
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
society; the world; the times
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency