infancy; childish; infantile; immature
rebellious spirit; defiant attitude
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
be (that) as it may; having said that
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
cannot be helped; unavoidable
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
difficult to ...; hard to ...
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
(in the same way) as before; as always
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat
tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
self-purification; self-cleansing
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to cut (someone) down; to slay
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
home; household; family; hearth
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
outrageous; wild (ambition, idea, etc.); crazy; inordinate; extravagant (e.g. claims); audacious
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to be dependable; to be reliable
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one