gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
both hands; both arms; ten
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
all you have to do is; just; that's all
to dye; to colour; to color
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age