ancient times; distant past; antiquity
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
strict order; peremptory command
as if it were about oneself
reward; honorarium; remuneration
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
main purpose; primary objective
to rule; to govern; to administer
to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)
easternmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
reshuffling; job rotation
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
material before the opening credits in a film, anime, etc.
head; chief; boss; leader
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
research material; experimental material
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
to become desperate; to give in to despair