1 a while

2 a spell

3 a short time

4 a burst

1 to go into battle

1 superiority

2 dominance

3 advantage

1 power

2 influence

3 potential

4 momentum

5 tendency

6 trend

7 situation

8 conditions

9 outward appearance

10 sign

11 gesture

12 male genitals

1 power

2 (ability to) influence

1 many men, a great force (idiom); many hands provide great strength

2 There is safety in numbers.

1 to take advantage of one's position to bully people (idiom)

2 to kick people around

1 to put on an act (idiom); to pose

2 to show theatrical affectation

3 to indulge in histrionics

1 the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences

2 incompatible standpoints

1 impossible to resist (idiom); an irresistible force