chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate; to dress
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
support; backing; aid; assistance
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
how; in what way; circumstances
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
tendency; trend; inclination
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
planned; scheduled; systematic
fucking; screwing; having sex
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
at a stroke; with a single swoop
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person