ceremony; rite; ritual; service
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to incur someone's enmity
to like; to love; to be fond of
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
equality; impartiality; evenness
adherent; devotee; believer
injury; harm; evil influence; damage
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
never ceasing; never ending; endless
to keep a watchful eye on
legal office; law office; legal department
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
generously; liberally; magnanimously
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
quarrel; dispute; argument
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
together; mutually; fellow
child born to one's current wife
one's (official) authority; power
abuse; misuse; misappropriation; using to excess
all eyes; public attention
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person