Mecca; Makkah; mecca; centre for some field or activity (center)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.); birthplace
to rock; to shake; to swing
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
power; authority; influence
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
round and cute (esp. of eyes)
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
popular will; will of the people
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
(feeling of) identification; sense of unity
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
king; monarch; ruler; champion
stale; hackneyed; cliched
(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one