exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
now that; since; as long as; provided that
personal grudge; personal enmity
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
water outlet; tap; faucet
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
imprisonment; incarceration
to float; to save (on one's expenses); to scrimp; to half-rise, e.g. to one's feet
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
head; chief; boss; leader
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
our country; our land; one's own country
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty