fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
turning by hand; hand-turned; hand-cranked; preparations; arrangements
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play foul
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
yourself; himself; herself
peaceful; tranquil; calm; restful
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
reproducibility; repeatability; duplicability
trembling slightly; quivering softly; swaying gently; softly; springy
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
honest person; person of integrity; straight shooter
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
nine parts; ninety percent; mostly; nine percent
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
sense of impending doom; foreboding; feeling of grave danger
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo
PR brochure; public relations magazine
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
trivial; trifling; insignificant; stupid; nonsensical; absurd
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
murder; killing; murderer
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years