calculated; premeditated; considered
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
speaking of ...; as for ...
previously presented; already shown; previously posed (exam question); aforementioned
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
this (very thing); this precisely
highest grade; superlative degree
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to threaten; to terrify; to frighten
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
congeniality; satisfaction; gratification
strict order; peremptory command
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
foundation stone; cornerstone
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful