inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
mindset; outlook; view; way of looking at things; perspective
promising without due consideration
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
to hold one's breath; to catch one's breath
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
remarkable; striking; obvious
locational advantage; advantageous position
to lose sight of; to miss
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to get excited; to be roused (to action); to get the itch (to do)
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
commencing with; including
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
to carry in one's hand; to have in one's hand; to lead (e.g. troops); to present (an issue, policy, artistic work, etc.); to take up
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
whatever will be, will be; things happen the way they happen
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
to do something with painful reluctance; (lit.) to have one's hair pulled from behind
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
number (on its own, without considering its proportion to the whole); overall number
huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount
to advance to the next stage (e.g. in a tournament)