equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
three persons; three parties
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
swallowing in one gulp; downing; sipping; sip; thinking nothing of one's opponent; making easy prey of someone
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to not believe one's ears
personality; character; individuality; personhood
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
(religious) piety; faith; devotion
kind; cordial; hospitable; serious (of an illness)
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
reigning; controlling; dictating
one's appearance; clothing; costume; dress
badness; evilness; bad; evil
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
huge rock; firmness; solidity
to escape from; to get out
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to increase; to add to; to augment
trouble; quarrel; dispute
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
number of persons; personnel
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
generously; liberally; magnanimously