goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
flower arrangement; floral art; ikebana
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
in proportion to; just as much as
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
ballet shoes; (women's) flat shoes; flats
elevated walkway through the audience to the stage; honourable end to a career
within the jurisdiction (of); one's jurisdiction; in a pipe
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
novel; story; (work of) fiction
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
abbreviation; omission; outline; gist; plan; strategy
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac
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
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; (arch.) peerless; (arch.) unparalleled
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
business practice; business method; commerce; commercial law
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
self-immolation; burning oneself to death; suicide by fire
sending documents to a prosecutor; filing charges