to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to help carry a load; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
lightly; wide (open); gapingly; suddenly; unexpectedly
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
study; library; den; home office; reading room
and (concurrently; e.g. chauffeur and secretary); in addition to; at the same time; cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study)
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
aspect; phase; condition; modality
counter for books; volume
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
impossible to understand; impossible to decipher
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
problem for a prize contest
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
grant; bestowal; giving something to someone of low social standing (by a person of very high social standing)
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
to (make something) quiver; to shake; to tremble; to vibrate
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
lightning strike; lightning bolt
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to change completely; to change suddenly
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
administration; government; administrator; consul (of the French republic; 1799-1804)