to be better than; to be ahead of; to outdo; to surpass; to exceed
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
work left uncompleted at death; work one accomplished during one's lifetime
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
to whinge; to kvetch; to gripe; to complain; to whine
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
factional infighting (conflict); antagonism between factions
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
source of worry; source of distress
rampancy; prevalence; domination
India-ink painting; ink wash painting
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
on the strength of numbers
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
rotary; roundabout; traffic circle; rotary; rotating
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
material; tangible; concrete
unclean; dirty; bathroom; toilet (room); (arch.) menstruation; (arch.) menses
to be beyond words; to defy description
ocean; large sea; fabric pattern
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
unearthly; otherworldly; out of this world; ethereal
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence