(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
(political) administration; political power
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
inevitable; unavoidable; certain; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to need; to demand; to take; to require
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
condolence call; visiting a bereaved family to offer condolences
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
rich (flavor, color, etc.); strong (e.g. odor); probable; (very) likely; passionate; sensuous
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
feeling keenly; fully realizing
genuine article; real thing; real deal
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; being in close proximity; being adjacent
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
beyond that point; after that
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
in the future; another day; later
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
height of summer; hottest part of summer
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
wheat field; barley field; cornfield