shackles; fetters; irons; bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
cane; walking stick; staff; wand
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to tower over the surroundings
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
stifled laugh; chuckling; snickering
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
to kill by burning to death
to be in focus; to come into focus
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
breaking off; snapping off; suddenly stopping
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
agile; nimble; casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility
to grimace; to make a wry face
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
fort; stronghold; fortification
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
police investigator; investigator
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
load on one's chest; obstacle; hindrance; impediment
worst; worst-case (scenario)
while; during (the time when)
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
true character; true heart; true spirit
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
to bring up under one's personal care