promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
to shoot dead; to shoot to death
expulsion; dismissal; ejection; drum beat at the end of a day's performance (in the theatre, sumo, etc.)
strip-searching; security check
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
Molotov cocktail; petrol bomb; gasoline bomb
international law in time of war
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
taking on one's share (e.g. of work); dividing (work, expenses, etc.) between; apportionment; allotment; allocation; assignment
all eyes; public attention
(incredibly) cruel; atrocious; brutal; horrible; terrible; horrific
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
general public; the masses
cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
police van; paddy wagon; prisoner transport vehicle
floating bridge; pontoon bridge
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
scar on one's forehead; frontal wound
surplus power; momentum; impetus; inertia
two at a time; two by two; in twos
children's home; child care institution; orphanage
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
resolution of an incident; solution to a (criminal) case
puppy; whelp; magic word said to comfort a frightened child and put him to sleep
in a ward; within the ward; within the zone; within the district
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
ornamental garden stone (placed to give a natural appearance); garden rock; sacrifice stones; sacrifice (of oneself, one's career, etc.); stones used in a foundation; riprap
remnants of a defeated army
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence