statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
presumptuous; arrogant; audacious; forward; insolent
this occasion; at this time; now
highly regrettable; utterly deplorable
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
odds and ends; all; every
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
gentle; mild; meek; tender
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
exaggerated; overblown; pretentious
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected; being resigned to (disgrace)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
returning to the service of one's master
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
rule; reign; peaceful times
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal