effect; efficacy; validity; potency
desperately; for one's dear life
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
exposure by washing away; washing out; exposed aggregate (finish); exposed aggregate concrete; revealing the grain of cedar boards by washing and scrubbing; finding out (after an extensive search or investigation)
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
quiet; still; surreptitious
further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
to incur someone's enmity
older sister; elder sister
treatment (of a person); dealing with
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
willpower; energy; vitality
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
this and that; one thing and another
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
tenth day of the month; ten days
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
news; word; tidings; omen
suggestion; hint; implication
participation; joining; entry; adherence