life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
mental; spiritual; emotional
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
demoness; witch; ogress; married woman
misanthropy; misanthropist
arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
deepest part; deepest portion; depths (of the ocean etc.); innermost
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
turning point; transition phase
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
burning low; waning; declining
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to feel sorrow for
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
each nation; many nations; many countries
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
family name; house name; family honour; family honor
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
military force; military strength
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by