cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
accumulation; cumulative; accumulated
to be affected by another's misfortune; to get caught up in trouble not of one's own making
to cause trouble (for); to have a harmful effect (on); to involve (someone) in trouble
complicity; implication; involvement
dangerous situation; perilous position; (lit.) pile of eggs
repeated offense; repeated offence; recidivism
acceleration; progressive increase
successive or progressive increases; cumulative increase
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
worldly troubles; worldliness
law of superposition; principle of superposition
many a little makes a mickle; every little helps; (lit.) the tower of nine storeys (stories) rose from a small heap of earth