villain; baddie; the villain's part
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
emission; emanation; letting out (feelings); venting; divergence (of light); divergence
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
first lieutenant; lieutenant junior grade
in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
American soldier; US serviceman; US servicewoman
oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to flare up; to burst into flames
to faint; to swoon; to be astounded; to astonished; to have a busy time; to be hectic
battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
naked eye; the physical eye
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
region; limits; stage; level
even so; anyhow; at any rate
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
hiding one's embarrassment
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still