self-examination; reflection
serious reflection; soul-searching; penitence
endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
outsiders; others; bystanders; onlookers; third person
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
putting into operation; invocation
to harmonize; to harmonise; to be in harmony; to say the same thing in unison (inadvertently)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
this; our; right; justice; checking account
Sui dynasty (of China; 581-618)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate
(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
way of calling (something or someone)
using the strongest words possible; scathingly (criticize, deride, etc.); (praise) to the skies; in the highest possible terms
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
incarnation (of Buddha or bodhisattva); avatar; embodiment (as in "embodiment of evil"); incarnation; personification
gradual (destruction); progressive (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
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
popular name; common name; given name
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MIT
to find (after searching everywhere); to locate; to discover
wish; desire; ambition; choice
Secretary-General of the United Nations