principal offence; principal offense; principal offender
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
student (esp. a university student)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
fishing; angling; change (for a purchase); clickbaiting; trolling; writing deliberately inflammatory posts online
to knock down; to knock out
head over heels; headlong; head first
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
addict; junkie; substance abuser
to get high (on drugs); to trip; to slur one's words (as a result of taking sleeping pills, etc.); to lose one's wits (due to lack of sleep, etc.); to space out
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
time; season; period; phase; stage
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
connection; link; relationship
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
to find out; to discover; to locate
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters