to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
stubborn person; obstinate person; pig-headed person
next term; next period; next version; next release
one life; one's life; one order; one command
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
compensation; amends; redeeming feature
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
popular will; will of the people
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
self-interest; selfish desire
to follow; to accompany; to serve; to work under; to obey
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
willing (even) to do; prepared to do; ready to do; not mind doing
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
sense of values; values; value system
separation; isolation; extrication; release; isolation
second volume (in a two-volume set); third volume (in a three-volume set); last volume