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To conform to others standard

To take him as a model

To follow the dictates of someone

To steal something valuable

To work hard

To fight vigorously

To make a rude gesture

To surrender

To ruin somebody

To incite a person to fight

To discourage a person

To rouse one to do one's best

To humiliate

To offer bribe

To blackmail and extract money

To keep captive and demand concession

To fling ironical remarks

To do something remarkable

To burn something to ashes

To try to do the impossible