spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
if you think about it; come to think of it
notice; attention; observation
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
all companies; each company
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
rights to usage of one's likeness
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
orthopedics; plastic surgery; cosmetic surgery; smoothing (bursty traffic, etc.); shaping; fairing
sound of a flat surface repeatedly making contact with something; applying a seal or stamp again and again; pasting (paper) all over; daubing; smearing
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
master; teacher; stable master
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
flan (baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case); flan; crème caramel; caramel custard
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with