root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
cramp; sprain; unreasonableness; absurdity; illogical; unreasonable
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language
delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
... or something (like that); ... or whatever; so-called ...; a certain ...
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
feelings; emotion; compassion; sympathy; passion; affection
to grow older (than expected); to advance in age
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
close friendship; close friend; good friend; intimate relations; sexual intercourse; sex
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
shameful; disgraceful; unsightly; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
remainder; the rest; what is left
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to be certain of; to have faith in; to believe completely; to trust (someone completely)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels