1 weaponry

2 weapons

3 arms

1 sharp weapon

2 effective implement

3 outstandingly able individual

1 to leave

2 to bid farewell to

3 to say good-bye to

1 tell-tale

2 informer (esp. to police)

3 whistleblower

4 grass

1 to press charges

2 to file a complaint

1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)

1 begging for pity and asking for help (idiom)

1 to come to the end of a phase (idiom)

1 to bring tribute as sign of submission (idiom); to submit

1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly

2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state

3 Rome wasn't built in a day