factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to revere; to respect; to worship
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to ask for instructions; to ask for someone's opinion; to inquire of; to invoke an oracle; to consult an oracle
honor; honour; credit; prestige
baton (of command); order; command; direction
contraband (goods); prohibited goods
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
trouble; bother; annoyance
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
in line with this; therefore
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
mixed race; mixed parentage
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
hermetically seal; sealing (e.g. envelope)
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
human pillar; human sacrifice
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
love story; romance; love affair
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
to thrust down; to push off
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
to forget completely; to leave behind