administration; governance; the authorities; authority
to cross the line; to go too far
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
head; lead; vanguard; first
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
strategy meeting; council of war
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
even further; and then some; even more
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
scoundrel; rascal; villain
only recently; just of late
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
main cause; primary factor
karma; result of one's karma; fate; uncontrollable temper
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; original
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
to sweat and slave; to toil away
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to half-rise to one's feet
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
voluntary; optional; free; elective
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)