initial stage; early period; early days; early years
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; 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, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
profound (respect, gratitude, etc.); deep; careful (consideration)
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
object of avid desire; object of envy
to be unusual (of a person or thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be eccentric; to be different
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
cannot be helped; unavoidable
one breath; chug!; drink!
relief squad; rescue party
dismissal (from a position); discharge
to surface; to rise to the surface
to practice magic; to practise magic
whistling through one's fingers; whistle made by sticking one's fingers in one's mouth and blowing
breakdown of negotiations
to make a splash; to evoke a response; to meet with a reaction