- dictator; autocrat
- pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses
- delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do
- (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should
- to collaborate with the enemy
- to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to
- poor-quality; inferior
- to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
- famous general; (sports) renowned athlete
- to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of
- to block sb's path; to obstruct; to flag down (a taxi)
- sentinel
- hinterland; interior; outback
- from childhood; from a young age
- to hide; to go into hiding; to take refuge
- whereabouts; to drop; to fall
- (long time) friend of the family
- heart; mind; ambition; aspiration
- wide; broad; extensive; vast
- good and honest; kindhearted
- wrapping cloth; a bundle wrapped in cloth; load; weight; burden; funny part; punchline
- to besiege
- to steal everything
- to arrest
- for a moment; momentarily
- overcrowded; jam-packed
- to make (some time or space) available (for sb)
- space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- (chemistry) base; alkali; soda
- to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
- jail cell; prison cell
- to viciously beat (sb) up; CL:頓|顿[dun4]
- in public; in front of everybody
- to show no quarter; ruthless; relentless
- dirty; filthy; despicable
- monster; freak; eccentric person
- sinister; vicious; wicked; evil
- origin; root (cause)
- to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity
- fortunately (formal writing)