leash; rope tied round prisoner's waists
citizen; civics (school subject)
southerly (wind); from the south
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
to keep an eye on; to take care of
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high
part; section; affected part (of the body); private parts; genitals
street fighting; urban warfare
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
demesne; estate; private land; private property
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
somehow; in some way; for some reason; faintly; vaguely
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
current administration; present government
scratch; chip; flaw; fault; shame; disgrace
running a government administration; managing a cabinet
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
offense and defense; offence and defence; batting and fielding
popular will; will of the people
to walk with; to make someone tag along; to carry around (esp. a child); to carry about
increasing the number of staff; hiring more people
to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)
tomfoolery; monkey business
to ride side by side; to walk side by side; to go together; to join forces; to work together; (lit.) to line up horses' bits
government office; government agency; authorities
equestrian tribe; equestrian people
having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien