craft; cunning; guile; serpentine wisdom
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
to apologize; to apologise
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to rest one's chin in one's hands
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
sluggishly; slowly; ploddingly; stolidly (standing); impassively
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
trauma (usu. psychological)
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation