touchstone; Lydian stone; touchstone (e.g. of success); test; litmus test
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
to look coldly at; to turn a cold shoulder
by sheer strength; by brute force
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
decision; settlement; definition
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
discovery; detection; finding
to dig your own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to put your foot in it
influential person; man of importance
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to entertain; to make welcome
something like ...; something called ...
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
publicly; openly; ostensibly; formally
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand