top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
powerful medicine; strong poison
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
incineration; destroy by fire
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
bona fide third party; bona fide third person
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
advertisement; advertising; announcement; notice
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
boy; son; baby boy; young man
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to be utterly amazed; to be stunned; to be disgusted
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to fall down; to fall over; to roll; to tumble; (arch.) (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to half-rise to one's feet
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to be forward; to be impertinent
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to jump over; to clear; to walk over (someone)