treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
abuse; misuse; perversion
acrobatics; acrobatic performance; stunt
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
way of speaking; intimation
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
in any case; at all events; no matter how things turn out; whichever way it goes
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
VIP; very important person
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to fail to catch; to let slip; to miss
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
wound (suffered in a fight)
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
in range; within the limits (of ...); within (a) range
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
otherwise; or else; if not
to get help; to enlist aid
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
thought; consideration; thinking
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
loss-cutting; cutting one's losses