obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
impassioned speech; fervent speech
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
to succeed; to bear fruit
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
rising; ascending; climbing
extermination; annihilation
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
one's real father; natural father; biological father
in person; personally; directly
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
every evening; every night
unworthy; unbecoming; improper
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
at once; there and then; immediately