ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to cheer; to jeer; to mock
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
endless; boundless; everlasting
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
none other than; ... himself; ... herself
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
talking while standing; standing around talking
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
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
retrogression; regression
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
instability; insecurity; crankiness
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
change of government; regime change
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure