conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
testimony; (verbal) evidence
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
aggression; invasion; raid
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
previously; already; beforehand; in advance; for some time
pending question; unresolved problem
control; check; restraint; inhibition
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
raising (bet); raising (object); lifting; raising (topic); bringing up; raising (children); rearing
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
customary practice; habit; traditional event
to smell sweet; to be fragrant
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to brave a danger; to take a risk
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
nonaggressive defense (policy) (defence)
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
specialization; specialisation
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
to have a tendency to; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of
battle formation; military formation
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)