at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
high spirits; boastful talk
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to tie; to fix; to attach
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
peerless; matchless; unparalleled; unrivalled; unequalled; incomparable
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause