in one's hands; in one's control
mask; disguise; guise; mask
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
momentous (crucial) decision
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
how admirably; how wonderfully; how skillfully
imperial order; imperial decree
edict; ordinance; proclamation
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
being the strongest; being powerful (mighty) without equal
each nation; many nations; many countries
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
to put one's heart and soul (into); to completely devote oneself (to)
personification; impersonation; embodiment
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
world view; outlook on the world; Weltanschauung (philosophy); appearance of a world (e.g. in fiction)
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
after making the rounds; after having passed through many hands; after going through many places; eventually
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
to replace; to move; to change the position of
youthful; young; young-looking