prospects of victory; chances of success
to leave a trail; to leave traces; to have a lasting effect
to fall (on); to rain down; to shower down; to befall; to happen (to)
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
to teach (the way); to guide; to instruct; to enlighten
to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity
to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale)
home; household; family; hearth
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
to decline (of morals, character, etc.); to become vulgar (e.g. of a conversation); to stoop (to); to be ruined; to go under; to fall (into hell)
moment by moment; hour by hour
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to wring the neck; to strangle
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to flare up; to fly into a rage
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to bring back; to restore
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
other than; excluding; without
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure