damp; moist (negative nuance)
to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to rebuild; to reconstruct
not budging an inch; to stand one's ground
father of one's country; father of the nation
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
conditionally; with conditions attached
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
custom; practice; convention; precedent
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
proposal; motion; recommendation
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
farsightedness; hyperopia; hypermetropia; far-sightedness
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
real intention; true motive; true meaning
speech and conduct; words and deeds
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
sad; wretched; deplorable
to be beside oneself; to lose one's head; to go mad with something
young girl; lass; adolescent female
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor