pain relief; killing pain
inquiry commission; enquiry commission; research group
to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
creation; Creation (by God)
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
exile; banishment; deportation
miraculous medicine; miracle drug; wonder drug
powerful medicine; strong poison
anesthetic; anaesthetic; narcotic
solution; solution strategy
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to go down in history; to remain in history
as if nothing had happened
death from prostration; death from emaciation
normalization; normalisation
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
flesh-and-blood; human; warm; compassionate; (lit.) blood-circulating
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
object of avid desire; object of envy
half-dead; state of uncertainty; limbo; leaving unfinished with the intention of inflicting suffering
throwaway; disposable; single-use
idealization; idealisation
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
to be greatly perplexed; to be at a loss; to be sorely troubled; to be greatly embarrassed
anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; (lit.) clothes on a packhorse driver