to affect someone's prestige; to be beneath one's dignity
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
seller; selling side; method of selling; art of selling
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison
in succession; one by one
very interesting; of great interest
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet; to post on Twitter
famous sword; excellent sword
famous picture; masterpiece (painting); excellent film; film classic
trade; buying and selling
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
dozens; scores of; decades
carat (unit of weight for gemstones and pearls); karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
gem; jewel; precious stone
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
judgement; judgment; expert opinion; appraisal
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
the real pleasure (of something); the real thrill; flavour of ghee; (fig.) delicious taste; Buddha's gracious teachings
being incident to; being accompanied by; being collateral with; being attached to
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
to wear (a sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted with (a mission); to be charged with; to have (a quality, property, etc.); to have a trace of
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
on and after; from ... onward; since
in accordance with; according to
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
to be born; to come into the world
as expected; as predicted
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
beauty of form (oft. used of nature); beauty of a sculpted shape
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal