to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
progress; advance; improvement; development
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
adherent; devotee; believer
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
(monetary) present to a person in distress; condolence money; gift of money in token of one's sympathy; solatium
cost of medical treatment; medical expenses; fees for treatment
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
advance payment; money paid in advance
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
position; job; employment; opening
stranger; tramp; wanderer
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
great cause; moral law; justice
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to be profitable; to yield a profit
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
permission; approval; authorization; license
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
gilt; guilt; gilt-edged security; gilt
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
proposal; offer; request; application
whispering; private talk; talking (during a class, lecture, etc.)