Delusions of power

Glossary of difficult words

delusion - a false belief or opinion; a belief or expression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder;

lust - a passionate desire for something;

to cross someone - to oppose or stand in the way of someone;

to call the shots - to take the initiative in deciding how something should be done;

Vít Bárta is no Jack Kennedy - an allusion to a like comment made by Lloyd Bentsen to Dan Quayle in a U.S. vice-presidential debate in 1988;

plausible - seeming reasonable or probable.