dangerous situation; perilous position; (lit.) pile of eggs
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
acceleration; progressive increase
successive or progressive increases; cumulative increase
worldly troubles; worldliness
to cause trouble (for); to have a harmful effect (on); to involve (someone) in trouble
complicity; implication; involvement
repeated offense; repeated offence
law of superposition; principle of superposition
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth