bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
interior; inside; internal
informer; informant; betrayer; snitch
cache; place to hide something
to tell (on someone); to tattle; to snitch
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
particularly; only; in the case of
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
black-market lending; illegal loan
blackmail; extortion; threat (to extort money)
even more; still more; further
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
to pull out; to draw out; to pick out; to take (a sample); to steal (the contents of something); to pilfer
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely