to ease (sewing garments); to shirr
illegal entry (into a country); illegal immigration
feather decoration; plume
to soar; to fly; to run; to dash
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
one's favorite mistress; one's favourite mistress
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
basic policy; fundamental policy; fundamental plan of action
one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
domestic discord; internal discord; internal strife; internal struggle; infighting
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
armchair theory; impracticable theory
to threaten; to make threats
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
to be stunned; to be surprised; (lit.) one's eyes turn into dots (like a cartoon character)
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
Marx; Marks; Marcks; Marcus; Markus
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust
unheard-of; unprecedented
course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment
unfortunately; unluckily; regrettably
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening