A ruler or person with unlimited power; a dictator（独裁者、専制君主）

→“The nation has been ruled by an autocrat since its independence after the war.”

→“Stop acting like an autocrat and pay attention to what others want.”

To give a false appearance; to misrepresent true feelings or thoughts（真意を隠す、事実と違った印象を与える）

→“She was extra cheerful in order to belie her deep sadness.”

→“The newborn nation’s joy belies the long and hard road that preceded its birth.”

An offer to pay a particular price（買い注文、入札）

→“He made a bid for the Picasso painting.”

An attempt to achieve something（試み）

→“In a bid to escape prosecution, she gave away the identity of her coconspirator.”

To assert loudly（声高に主張する）

→“The baby is clamoring for attention.”

→“The Liberal Democratic Party is clamoring about its plans to reform the government.”

(As noun) A loud noise（うるさい音）

→“I heard a clamor of anger outside as the protesters rioted.”

To shatter; to disappoint（破壊する、失望させる）

→“Promises and rosy future were dashed for the nation when unemployment hit rock bottom.”

→“The failure in business dashed his dream of success.”

Advantage; profit; payout（利点、利潤、剰余金の配当）

→“US banks will hand out big dividends to the investors.”

→“Daily exercise will pay dividends for your health.”

Passion; enthusiastic interest or conviction（情熱、熱烈な関心や信念）

→“The fervor for the iPhone is waning.”

→“The soldiers rose up in patriotic fervor.”

Lucky; happening by chance but is beneficial（良い巡りあわせの、運のいい、都合のいい）

→“I ran into him at the station, and it turned out to be a fortuitous meeting.”

→“It was fortuitous that a good used car was on sale just as I started looking for one.”

A standstill（行き詰まり、身動きできない状態）

→“Whenever we discuss politics, we end up in gridlock.”

→“The parliamentary gridlock is delaying the reform process.”

Silent（沈黙の、ノーコメント）

→“I pressed her for an answer, but she remained mum.”

→“The government is mum on the controversial issue.”

To criticize strongly（強く叱る、批判する）

→“I was publicly panned by the professor for not having done the homework.”

→“ASEAN pans China’s currency policy.”

To decrease gradually（徐々に減らす）

→“Michael was just released from the hospital. He is now trying to pare down his weight.”

→“My initial draft was so long that I had to spend two hours to pare it down.”

To suppress; to stamp out; to subdue（鎮圧する、黙らせる）

→“The employees had a lot of complaints today. I had to spend the whole day quelling them.”

→“The authoritarian government increased executions to quell public outcry.”

To fall back; to stagger（後ずさりする）

→“Rocky reeled from Apollo’s blow.”

To remain in a state of lingering pain（後遺症を受ける）

→“Haiti is still reeling from the major earthquake more than a year ago.”

Without（～抜きで、～なしで）

→“The Prime Minister went to Yasukuni Shrine sans his entourage.”

→“I went swimming sans goggles.”