rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
baton (of command); order; command; direction
to be put at a disadvantage; to get the short end of the stick
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
to ruin one's reputation in later life; to tarnish one's twilight years
of little importance; trivial; worthless; valueless
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
head banging (esp. in popular music)
visualization (data, results, etc.); visualisation; making something visible (that was previously unseen)
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
alchemy; way of making money; moneymaker; money-spinner
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
class president; head class representative
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
cares; ill feeling; reserve
cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
lacking in some desired property (size, usefulness, etc.)
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
influencing (a person) for good
chance (of success); odds
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious