outspoken; forthright; frank; direct
(eligible) voter; elector; holder of a right; rightsholder; bigwig; person with political clout
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
declaration of independence
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
self-responsibility; on one's own responsibility; at one's own risk
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
(political) administration; political power
each; (arch.) you (plural)
schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
human power; human strength; human effort; human agency
nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
power; motive power; dynamic force; three-phase electricity
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
harsh tasting; strongly alkaline tasting; excessively strong-willed; fiercely individualistic; strongly idiosyncratic
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
false rumor (rumour); false alarm; misinformation
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
control; management; supervision
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
the usual; as it always is; said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); (arch.) in the usual way
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
fallen scraps; scatterings; leftovers; remainder; student who cannot keep up in school; dropout (from school, society, a movement, etc.)
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration