series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to be nearing death; to be dying
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
(political) administration; political power
to be worried; to be troubled
death penalty; capital punishment
optimism; taking an optimistic view
our country; our land; one's own country
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
lattice; latticework; window bars; grid; grating
government; administration; statesmanship
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
surface-to-air missile; SAM
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
administration (of medicine)