dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
magic; sorcery; incantation
with a plop; with a plonk; with a plunk; with a flop
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
self-awareness; awareness (of one's position, abilities, duty, etc.); perceiving (something); taking in (a sensation); self-consciousness
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
sorry; excuse me; thank you
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
villain; baddie; the villain's part
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
aria; singing; chanting; reciting (e.g. a spell)
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
orbit; trajectory; (railroad) track; (right) track; proper course
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery