to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
to flatter; to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to suck up (to); to toady (to)
to be attacked by a disease
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!
to hate each other; to hate mutually
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
long-cherished ambition; satisfaction
it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something
surprise attack; sneak attack; foul play
to toady; to be obsequious
to live in disgrace; to expose oneself to ridicule
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other
(not) a single person; (no) one
sea of blood; pool of blood
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
lukewarm; tepid; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
hard to get; hard to come by
puddle of blood; pool of blood
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
monolith; large slab of rock
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
watchful waiting; careful supervision
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
meek; gentle; modest; praiseworthy; admirable
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully