disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
reward; prize; treat; delight; small joy
the other world; the next world; the world beyond; world after death
pleasure of looking (at something beautiful or precious); sight for sore eyes; feast for the eyes
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
sympathy; compassion; pity
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to bring into solution; to lose (money; through gambling, etc.); to squander
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
animal desires; carnal desires; lust
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)
directions; instructions; orders; command
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour
polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
change; alteration; modification
leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairman; presenter; host
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to scrape off; to rub off
to raise oneself up to one's full height; to strike a daunting pose
way (of doing); manner; method; means
settlement (of a matter); sorting out; winding up (affairs); cleaning up afterwards; tidying up (when finished)
full view; plain sight; completely visible
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice
to burn; to scorch; to singe; to char
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater