clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
recommendation; referral; endorsement
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
by extension; in turn; by the same token; in addition; as well; consequently
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
how many people; a number of people
election; selection; choice
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
desire for money for one's enjoyment (esp. as a motive for a crime)
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to torment by slow degrees; to torture slowly; to drag things out; to reproach in a roundabout way; (lit.) to strangle with floss silk
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
to impose a punishment (on); to punish
to give up on; to turn one's back on; to abandon; to forsake; to desert; to leave
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
(political) power; authority; influence
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
confidence; trust; faith; credit
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)