carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
rule; reign; government; governing
government; administration; statesmanship
not yet fixed; undecided; pending; TBD
instability; insecurity; crankiness
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
rule by military force; military rule; (way of the) conqueror; path of supremacy
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
true character; real nature
antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives
to show; to bare (the teeth)
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
charming; fascinating; attractive
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure
purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
that's the way it is; such is life
sentiment; sentimentality
things depend on how you look at them
attack; drive; advance; invasion
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
disharmony; discord; dissonance; incongruity
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something