plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
course (e.g. of lectures); academic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)
maintaining the status quo
if so; in that case; in that situation
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
guarantor; surety; sponsor; reference; bondsman
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy
elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
curse; spell; malediction
number of times; frequency; count
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
pretending to respect (someone) while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving (the batter) an "intentional walk"
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
to spread; to be propagated
to shoot (a gun, person, etc.); to fire
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
on the occasion of; at the time of
retainer; attendant; escort