seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
fame; distinction; rise; advancement
office workers; office staff; clerical staff
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
(political) administration; political power
utter indifference; talking to the wall; praying to deaf ears
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
to make an appeal; to urge
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
knowing no bounds; showing no signs of stopping or slowing down
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
eagle (Accipitridae family)
day of month; counter for days
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
cutting (cloth, paper); judgement; judgment; decision
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony