penalty; sentence; punishment
prevailing view; common opinion; commonly accepted theory
mediocrity; the masses; ordinary run of men
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
prospects of victory; chances of success
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
exhilarating; thrilling; intensely pleasurable
ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones; sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.); stones used in a foundation; riprap
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
stupid plan; inane way of doing something; (one's own) plan; project
tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
three sides; three faces; page three (of a newspaper)
to begin (doing); to start; to set about; to get down to
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
life or death; existence; destiny
telecommunications equipment; communication device
person who clears the way for a high-ranking person, procession, etc.; outrider; opening performer; sumo wrestler who leads a yokozuna at his ring-entering ceremony
the same ratio or percentage
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to love; to be attached to; to cherish; to caress
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
diminutive; dwarfish; pygmy; narrow (e.g. thinking); small
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
one example of (when there are more examples)
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
mean; malicious; scheming; wicked; black-hearted
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to leave one's seat; to temporarily excuse oneself (from a meeting, etc.); to step outside; to be away (from one's desk, etc.)
complaint; protest; objection; one's say; what one has to say; claim