to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
important person; strategic person; key figure
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
everything turning out fine; the whole thing being settled
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
-less; lacking; non-existing
dry skin; bad skin; rough skin; unhealthy skin
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
to bestow (esp. of a god); to grant
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
one way or the other; either way
destructive blast; blowing up; explosion
personification; anthropomorphization
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes