to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
unfair practices; wrongdoing; malpractice; cheating; foul play
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
mass communication; mass media
all companies; each company
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
many; numerous; various; large number of
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
commemorative plaque (usu. on a stone); stone monument (bearing an inscription)
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
besides; in addition; also; moreover
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
life; living; I; me; student
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
meaning; significance; sense