balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
provisional; temporary; tentative
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
putting into operation; invocation
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
Sui dynasty (China, 581-618)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to see through; to see the true nature of something
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
restoration; repair; mending
matter of time; question of time
using the strongest words possible
right (to do something); authority; power
action of making something; -ification
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
popular name; common name; given name
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to find out; to discover; to detect
prize-winner; recipient (of a prize, award, etc.)
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear