stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man
greed; avarice; covetousness; greedy person
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
share; portion; quota; cut
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
same crime; being equally guilty
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
reality; actuality; hard fact
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
simply; merely; only; solely
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
matter of time; question of time
conviction; belief; confidence
surroundings; environs; circumference
to crawl out of; to creep out of
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen