consists of; comprises; is made up of
fragment; small piece; scrap; shred (e.g. of emotion); trace; bit
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
like this; this sort; this way
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
to cut; to slit; to slash
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
lax; lenient; lukewarm; slow; sluggish
random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue
successive occurrence; frequent occurrence; succession (of); series
change in the law; legal reform
yourself; himself; herself
territory; domain; dominion; possession
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
personage; person (deserving of respect)
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
emperor; prince; princess
to get angry; to get mad; to lose one's temper; to go straight to one's head (of alcohol); to feel the effects (of an illness); to lose one's wits
unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
traitor (to one's country)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
such; like that; in that way
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
to surge; to well up; to gush out
looking out for oneself; putting one's own skin first; prioritizing one's own safety above all else
even though; despite; when
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on