influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
main; principal; chief; primary; major
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
determination; conviction
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of
person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
collecting; collection; collation; gathering; arrangement; coordination
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
administration of justice
administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to rule; to govern; to administer
secretary (government); director; chief
exaggerated; extravagant; overdone
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
germ; germs; bacteria; something harmful; vermin
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
shapeshifting (of an animal or spirit); goblin; incarnation; transformation
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
for use by children; for children
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
to give directions; to issue instructions
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent