biological parent; real parent
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
biological child; one's own child
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to thrust down; to push off
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
Queen Mother; Empress Dowager
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
burly; strong; indomitable; indefatigable; robust (vitality, appetite, economic growth, etc.); strong
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to control; to command; to get the better of
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
results-oriented approach; resultism; belief in results
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
heir; inheritor; successor
at the last moment; this late in the game
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping