domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
since when; from when; how long
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to serve; to work for; to attend
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency
smoothly; easily; readily
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
evil design; crafty plan; plot
domestic affairs; internal administration
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
choices; alternatives; options
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
sultry; sweltering; stuffy; uncomfortably hot-looking (clothing, etc.); stuffy-looking
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
outsider; someone outside of a group
chance (of success); odds
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
dunce; blockhead; inattentive person; (lit.) (a) lantern at noon