to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
employment position or rank
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
maintaining the status quo
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
personal; individual; private
one's eyes; (pair of) eyes
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
different opinion; objection
imbecility; feeblemindedness; dark
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
decoration; ornament; trimmings
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to be worth; to be worthy of; to deserve; to merit
main question; real issue at hand
our country; our land; one's own country
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
specialization; specialisation
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
to accept; to receive; to agree
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
commander; commanding officer; CO
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)