to govern; to manage; to subdue
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
depravity; corruption; degradation
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
arms buildup; military expansion
originally; by nature; from the start
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
system; institution; organization; organisation
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to dry up completely; to become stale
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
perpetuation of one's descendants
apart from that; to return to the topic; enough of that
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
old body; aged person; elderly person
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to cajole; to deceive; to seduce
reform; reformation; reorganization
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to go underground; to go into hiding
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
to incur someone's enmity
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)