trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to have meaning; to be meaningful
hegemony; leadership; initiative
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
cooperation; collaboration
way; method; means; resource; course
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
what one desires; what one hopes for; suits me well; could ask for nothing better; bring it on
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
master; teacher; stable master
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to take someone's life; to kill someone
members; member; constituent
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
environment; circumstance
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but