peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
Son of God; child of an emperor
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
depravity; corruption; degradation
demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible
to name; to call; to christen; to term
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
around the world; throughout the world
war; fighting; fierce competition
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
act (usu. undesirable); action; deed; conduct
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
loyal retainer; loyal subject
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
rise and fall; ups and downs; shame and glory; bright side and dark side; (lit.) light and shadow
environment; surroundings; circumstances
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
self-; from (a time or place)
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why