currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to dance (orig. a hopping dance); to be manipulated; to dance to someone's tune
single standard; single base; single-feature show
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (e.g. a blunder); to disgrace oneself
feeling good; feeling pleasant
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
to run away; to escape safely
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
arrangement; pact; agreement
how; in what way; how about; questionable
(feeling of) hatred; (strong) dislike; disgust; aversion; revulsion; loathing
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
(villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; (lit.) badgers of the same hole
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
had better ...; had better not ...
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts
shutout; shutting out; locking out; shutout; allowing no runs (goals, etc.)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
epidermis; cuticle; bark; epidermis; facade
contraction; shrinking; shrinkage; constriction; deflation
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
sea of blood; pool of blood
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit