to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to make absolutely sure (that all is right); to use every means; to take all possible measures
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); destruction; annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling on appeal); quashing
to sever relations (with someone; esp. a relative or spouse); to break off (with)
custom; practice; convention; precedent
details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to join forces; to cooperate
three persons; three parties
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
several hundred; hundreds (of)
torturing to death; tormenting to death
interference; intervention; meddling
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
helper; assistant; help; assistance
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
showing one's face in public; facing another person
haste; hurry; urgency; in a hurry; quickly; with haste
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
to lose sight of; to miss
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)