state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
danger to oneself; (fear of) one's physical safety
order of arrival; first-come-first-served basis
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to be possible (in terms of time, money, etc.); to be able (to do); to fit (schedule, budget)
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair
to pierce through; to break through
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
arrest; apprehension; capture
influential person; man of importance
to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation
to chop; to cut off; to chop off; to hack off
wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical
dissidents; troublemakers; disturbing elements
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
masterpiece; masterwork; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
a push; another effort; one more effort
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
to lose completely; to waste; to let slip away
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
judgment; judgement; discernment
change; transition; vicissitudes
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
busy; having no time (for)
to stir well; to mix thoroughly; to interrupt (with a joke, sarcastic remark, etc.); to butt in (with a facetious comment); to make fun of (what someone says)
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away