distribution center (centre); trading center
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
base (military, expedition, etc.)
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
burlesque; low comedy; farce
normalization (of a social problem, of a situation, etc.)
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
unwelcome; unwanted; undesirable
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
crazy; mad; devoid of reason
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
to run a shop; to have a shop
royalty and titled nobility
to borrow; to rent; to lease; to charter
priority; preference; preferential right; right of way
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
long-awaited; much-awaited
condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
killing two birds with one stone
commandant; commanding officer; general
(clenched) fist; knuckles
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
older brother; elder brother
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
quick-tempered; impatient
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy