plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
consists of; comprises; is made up of
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
such ... as; or some such
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
demon; daemon (in Unix, etc.)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
unit; (musical) group; band
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
strong person; the strong; the powerful
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
thousands; several thousand
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
end; limit; bounds; extremity; result; fate
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
in name only; titular; nominal
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy