difficult to ...; hard to ...
non-member state; non-member nation
young master; son of a high-ranking person
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
black-market dealings; underhand transactions; shady trading; secret dealings; secret arrangement
unpacking (esp. after moving house)
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy
sabot; wooden shoe; work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
human intellect; knowledge
strongest ever; most powerful in history
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
now that; since; as long as; provided that
modest; reserved; quiet; humble
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
starvation; famine; hunger
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
to talk; to carry meaning
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration