aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
like this; this sort; this way
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
absolutely; positively; decidedly
without permission; without notice
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
grandstand play; grandstanding; showboating; showing off
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to be stricken (e.g. with grief); to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
to re-enter; to rejoin; to re-enrol
and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
to get strong; to gain strength
way; method; means; resource; course
suddenly; abruptly; impulsively
to squash; to crush; to flatten
electrical outlet; wall socket; power plug
crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
changing (one's job, loyalties, stance, etc.); switching over; changing quarters (geisha, prostitute, etc.)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess