armed forces; military; troops
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
doing whatever one pleases
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
father and mother; parents
even if; even though; however; no matter how
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
feminine; womanly; female
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
good-looking; fair; beautiful
long slits (esp. of eyes)
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
long (time that has passed); old (story)
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; amazing; fantastic; admirable
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to be to the point; to be pertinent
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
(political) administration; political power
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
thick fog (of suspicion); black veil of secrecy; covered-up crime, unethical act, etc.
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
violent emotion; passion; fury
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
to fly around; to scatter