(political) power; authority; influence
(not) in any way; in no way
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
huge rock; firmness; solidity
(social) position; status
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
a gap develops; a significant difference emerges
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
biological child; one's own child
to allot; to allocate; to supply with; to furnish; to fit to; to fasten to
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
instability; insecurity; crankiness
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
looking or acting as if one owned the place
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
reputation; respectability
to devote oneself wholeheartedly to; to sacrifice one's health for; to risk one's life
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
chemical reaction; generation of an unexpected result from combining things
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
many; much; plenty; hardly
rambunctious kid; wild kid; hooligan; rowdy; roughneck
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
excitement; stimulation; agitation; pride; haughtiness; arrogance
the above sentence; the foregoing remark; preamble (to a statute, constitution, etc.); opening part of a letter (used for season's greetings, asking after someone's health, etc.)