reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
(political) power; authority; influence
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
almost every day; almost daily
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
disgust; hate; repugnance; loathing
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
that is to say; so that means
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
difference; variation; difference
carnivore; carnivorous animal
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
expertise; experience; knowledge
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
if so; in that case; in that situation
marriage proposal; courtship
snake; serpent; large snake
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender