thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to hit (a person); to strike; to beat; to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
fully armed; armed to the teeth
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to scatter in all directions (like baby spiders)
to take flight; to disappear
to push aside; to brush aside
to rain incessantly; to downpour
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to get cold feet; to back away; to withdraw
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
entry into a castle (by a conquering force)
wherein; therein; thereinto
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)