to squash; to crush; to flatten
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
same crime; being equally guilty
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
consequence; outcome; result; blame
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
now that; since; so long as; because
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
government office; public office
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
number one; first; best; most; game; round
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to say; to be called; to do
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage