materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
spread; span; expanse; extent
supremacy; predominance; being superior to
fate; destiny; predestination
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
not limited to; not just ...
broad support; wide-ranging support
last years; closing years; last days; closing days; end; last stage
disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment
development; growth; progress; development; expansion (of a typhoon, low-pressure area, etc.); developmental disability
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
(distant) future; future existence; world beyond the grave; future (tense)
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
without tiring (of something); without getting bored; without losing interest
stubbornly sticking to old ways; dislike of new things; narrow-mindedness
convention; tired tradition; old custom
daily; everyday; days (e.g. of one's youth); every day; day after day
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
calamity; disaster; misfortune
calamity; evil; misfortune
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to congeal; to gelatinize; to jellify; to jell; to gell; to freeze
locked up feeling; cooped up feeling; feeling of entrapment; feeling of hopelessness; being in a bind
weariness with life; world-weariness; pessimism
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator