loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
(social) class; rank; grade
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
management; administration; operation
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality; (lit.) naked emperor
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
prudence; discretion; thought
languid; weary; listless; melancholy
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak
democratic nation; democratic country
that day; the very same day
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
society; the world; the times
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
armed might; military power; the sword; force